During the television news, a photo of Ali Khamenei, the body surrounded by flames and the head in a viewfinder, was broadcast. The cyberattack was claimed by a group supporting the protest movement in the country.
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“The blood of our youth drips from your fingers.” Iranian state television was briefly interrupted on Saturday, October 8, by a hack targeting the regime’s supreme guide. During the television news, an image of Ali Khamenei, his body surrounded by flames and his head in a viewfinder, was broadcast.
The entire sequence: pic.twitter.com/o88dd5beWO
— Farid Vahid (@FaridVahiid) October 8, 2022
“It’s time to put away your furniture (…) and find yourself another place to settle your family outside Iran”, can we read on another message accompanying the photo. The cyberattack, which lasted a few seconds, was claimed by a group calling itself Edalat-e Ali (Ali’s justice) which supports the protest movement sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini.
Several foreign-based media in Persian shared a video showing the cyberattack. At the end of the video, the newscaster can be seen looking tense, his eyes fixed on the camera. In Iran, the Tasnim news agency confirmed that state television had “was hacked for a few moments by anti-revolutionary agents”.
Iran has been rocked by protests since the September 16 death of this 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman, tthree days after his arrest in Tehran by the morality police for violating the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code for women, including the wearing of the veil. Protests have claimed at least 95 lives since September 16, says NGO Iran Human Rights.