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Iranian state TV was hacked with an image of the supreme leader in the crosshairs

Abdullah Hakim

October 10, 2022

Iran protests: Hackers supporting Iran's wave of women-led protests disrupted state TV news broadcasts with cross-eyed images of guns and flames over an image of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in footage shared widely online on Sunday. In other anti-regime messages, activists have painted "Death to Khamenei" and "Police are killers of the people" on billboards in Tehran. "The blood of our youth is on your hands," read a message on the screen that flashed briefly during Saturday afternoon's TV broadcast, as street protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, once again rocked Tehran and other cities.