New Zealand MP Suspended Amid Shoplifting Allegations

ZB Plus has approached Ghahraman for comment. Ghahraman made New Zealand history as the first refugee to be sworn in as an MP, having arrived in Aotearoa as a child asylum seeker with her family from Iran. She was selected as a Green Party list candidate in January 2017. In the 2023 election, Ghahraman was ranked at number seven on the Green Party’s list. Recently, she has been outspoken on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Gaza, considering it “ethnic cleansing” and called on world leaders to stand against Israel’s military actions she has described as “crimes against humanity”.