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One Iranians The state TV station was allegedly hacked during Saturday’s nightly news programming, according to pro-reform website IranWire, which shared a clip of the incident.
Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported that the 9 p.m. bulletin of the Islamic Republic of Iran News Network (IRINN) under the Islamic Republic of Iran Television (IRIB) was hacked for a few moments. engraved by anti-revolutionary elements.
Currently, the viral clip of the incident shows IRIB/IRINN broadcasting a segment of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attending a meeting in the southern city of Bushehr, which was interrupted by a Video recording cartoon mask with beard and bushy eyebrows on black background.
The video of the mask was followed by a screen showing a photo of Khamenei with a target overlapping his face along with photos of Nika Shahkarami, Hadis Najafi, Mahsa Amini and Sarina Esmailzadeh – all dead young women in Iran last month .
Amini, 22, died after being detained by the ethics police. The other three, two of them just teenagers, have died in the protest movement that has erupted since Amini’s death.
Next to the pictures on the screen is a message that reads “Let’s rise together” and “Our youthful blood is flowing from your grip”, along with the above remedies. social network for the hacker group Edaalat-e Ali, which means Ali’s Justice.
The image remains on the screen for a few seconds.
Edaalat-e Ali appears to have given credit for the hack, posting the clip on their social media accounts, which reads: “At everyone’s request, we fulfilled our promise and did the unthinkable. to liberate Iran.”
Nationwide Demonstration stalked Iran for weeks following Amini’s death after she was arrested by government ethics police for apparently not wearing the hijab properly. Her death sparked violent clashes between protesters and authorities, which reportedly resulted in scores of deaths.
CNN has not been able to independently verify the number of people killed in the protests.
