The Korea Times
An Iranian model and influencer based in Korea openly criticized the Korean government's decision to send humanitarian aid worth $500,000 (735.7 million won) to Iran through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), arguing the funds would not reach ordinary Iranians but instead would support terrorism. "If you send money to Iran at this time, it will go not to the people but to the dictatorial regime that slaughtered some 40,000 people, to be used for terrorism or weapons purchases," Hoda Niku, who has more than 530,000 Instagram followers, wrote in Korean in a post Wednesday. "Not even a single dollar of that money will reach ordinary citizens." Niku, who moved to Korea after placing third in the 2018 Miss Iran pageant and has since been active as a model and TV personality, has been an outspoken critic of the Iranian government via social media and participated in public protests in Korea calling for greater international attention to the situation in Iran. “Iranian people don’t want money or aid; they simply want no support to go to this regime in their name. It's lik
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