Elica Le Bon is a British-born Iranian-American lawyer and activist whose posts reach roughly half a million followers across Instagram and X. A non-Jewish Iranian who left a criminal-law career for full-time advocacy, she defends Israel out of “a sense of responsibility” and frames Iranians and Israelis as natural allies against the Islamic Republic — the regime that jailed her mother and executed members of her own family.
The documented record
- October 2023
Spoke up immediately in defense of Israel after the October 7 Hamas attacks, becoming one of the most prominent Iranian voices condemning the atrocities.
JNS - March 2024
Traveled to Israel for a Tel Aviv Institute conference, touring the ruins of Kibbutz Be'eri and the site of the Nova festival massacre and meeting Israelis who share her enmity toward the Islamic Republic.
JNS - 12 September 2024
In a Newsweek op-ed, “I'm a Daughter of Iran and I'm Under Attack,” she exposed the regime's disinformation campaign against her for defending Israel and refused to soften her stand against the Islamic Republic.
Newsweek
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