Iran‘s state-run television was hacked by protesters during a live broadcast, disrupting coverage to display an anti-government message amid ongoing unrest across the country.
During the evening news bulletin on Saturday, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting program was cut off to a black screen showing a mask, before transitioning to a gun target on Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s face with flames surrounding him.
Below him were images of four Iranian women who Iranian police have been accused of killing, including Mahsa Amini and Nika Shakarami
لحظات شیرین هک اخبار صدا وسیما – بهار می آید
از تمامی هموطنان عزیز خواست میکنیم تا تصویر هک #صدا_و_سیما را با ما و تمامی دوستان و آشنایان خود به اشتراک گذارند تا بشارت سرنگونی رژیم را به همگان انتقال دهیم و اسم آنها روی سنگ مزارشان بنویسیم#OpIran#اعتصابات_سراسری #عدالت_علی pic.twitter.com/f6SovKYK3b
— Edaalate Ali Official – عدالت علی (@EdaalateAli1400) October 8, 2022
Music blared in the background with an audio clip of protesters chanting the unofficial Kurdish anti-government slogan during the unrest: “jin, jiyan, azadi” – meaning “woman, life, freedom”.
Accompanying the graphics was a message written in Farsi: “The blood of our youth is dripping from your hands”. It also provided a call to action for viewers to “get up and join us in the streets”.
Activist group Edaalate Ali (Ali’s Justice) has claimed responsibility, calling the hack a “sweet moment” and encouraging Twitter users to send their best memes of the hack.
The disruption lasted around 12 seconds before the broadcast cut to the news presenter, who appeared flustered for a moment before continuing the broadcast.
* This story was appeared in SBS
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