The cyberattack urges to “seek another place outside of Iran” for the ayatollah’s family as the country experiences its fourth week of protests
Iran is experiencing its fourth week in a row of clashes between security forces and protesters who have taken to the streets since September 16 to protest the death of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish woman who was detained by the Moral Police for wearing the veil wrong. The outrage towards the Iranian regime has only increased, and even crosses borders – thousands of people have protested in front of the embassies of countries such as Spain, the United States, France or the United Kingdom. This Sunday the social response had a different target: state television. A group of activists hacked the live news channel with an image of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in flames under the slogan ‘Join us and stand up’.
The image was accompanied by a message to the Ayatollah. “He has his hands stained with the blood of our youth.” A second statement appeared on the screens of each home, stating that “it is time to collect your furniture and find another place for your family outside of Iran.” The sequence also showed the black and white photos of Mahsa Amini and three other women who have lost their lives during the demonstrations.
The Tasnim news agency confirmed that the nightly news “was briefly hacked by anti-revolutionary agents.” The cyberattack, which lasted a few seconds before returning to regular programming, was claimed by the activist group Edalat-e Ali (The Justice of Ali).
Thousands of people took to the streets again over the weekend against Islamic law. On this occasion, two protesters were shot dead by plainclothes officers, according to the NGO Hengaw. Seventy other people were injured. A member of the Revolutionary Guard, identified as Gholamreza Bamdi, also lost his life during the riots. The number of shame, therefore, increases. There are already almost 190 deaths – at least 19 of them were minors – according to Iran Human Rights.
“Unfair Arrests and Trials”
The West looks closely at the events in the Ayatollah country. Indeed, several countries have advised their compatriots to flee Iran. The French Foreign Ministry urged its citizens to leave the country “as soon as possible” due to the risk that they may be subject to “arrests, arbitrary detentions and unfair trials” for the protests. And he warned that, in case of arrest, “respect for the fundamental rights and security of the person” in question is not guaranteed. The Netherlands took the same step, which changed its travel alert from orange to red due to the crisis unleashed in the Islamic republic.
Spain indicated that “due to the current situation of instability and protests in Iran, as well as the frequent interruption of communications, any trip to this country is discouraged at this time.” It also urged its citizens not to participate in the demonstrations and to avoid crowded places and conflict zones. Canada, for its part, declared the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a “terrorist organization” and sanctioned its members so that they cannot enter the country.
The Government calls an emergency meeting to respond to the wave of demonstrations
The leadership of Iranian power called an emergency meeting this Sunday to try to respond to the wave of protests, which have plunged the country into chaos since last September 16, when Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish woman, died. who was arrested by the Moral Police for wearing the veil incorrectly. In the meeting, the president, Ebrahim Raisi; the president of the Majlis (the Iranian Parliament), Mohamad Baqer Qalibaf; and the head of the Judiciary, Gholamhosein Mohseni Ejei.
The three leaders agreed during the meeting that “security and peace in the country is the basis of all kinds of economic activities and people’s businesses,” the Ayatollah Presidency reported in a statement collected by the ISNA news agency.
With no further answer to give, the leadership of Iranian power insisted on throwing balls out. Following the official line that the government has taken since the beginning of the protests, the three leaders again blamed the riots on the hidden hand of “regional enemies who consider a unified and powerful Iran as a threat to their interests.” “Clearly, these unrest and insecurity have been concocted by the United States and the fake Zionist occupation regime, as well as their paid agents, with the help of some traitorous Iranians abroad,” Supreme Leader Ali charged on Tuesday. Khamenei.
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