UPDATE Iran's only female Olympic medalist defects, blasts regime

She can kick your butt nine ways to Sunday.

The only Iranian woman to ever win an Olympic medal for the country has defected from Iran as the regime continues to quickly deteriorate. On her heading off into the sunset, Kimia Alizadeh, 21, paused long enough to take several shots on social media at the Iranian government.

Kimia Alizadeh is a Taekwondo athlete who won a bronze medal during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Alizadeh’s decision to defect from Iran comes as the Islamic regime was forced to admit to lying last week about shooting down a Ukrainian passenger plane, killing all 176 people on board and now causing mass protests across the Iran. The protests have resulted in protesters being shot and killed as the world looks on at the abuses of the Islamic dictatorship.

In the message she posted on Instagram, Alizadeh speaks to the "oppressed people of Iran," and bids them farewell as she has chosen to defect. She gives the Iranian people her sincere condolences and discusses how she had been treated as a puppet for the government. She also explains how the government will likely say that she will amount to nothing because she has left them.

Alizadeh goes on to say that the government dictated all aspects of her public life, how to dress, made her wear a hijab, and they paraded her around [because of her Olympic success.] She adds that they [the government] only cared about her medals, not her as a person. She was their tool and said whatever they wanted her to say.

She is clear that she no longer wants to be part of her past life, even though Iran will say she has "sold out." She says, "I turned my back because I am a human and want to remain a human. In your male-dominated and female-oppressing minds, you always believed 'Kimia is a woman and will not speak.' My tortured soul will no longer serve your filthy political ambitions nor your dirty economic dealings."

The message ends with her saying, "But please know that wherever I am I will forever remain a child of my native country. I will count on you and my only wish is to have the support of my people."

Somehow I don't believe that CNN or MSNBC is going to make a big deal out of this story. It makes Trump look good.

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