Hackers supporting Iran' wave of women-led protests interrupted a state TV news broadcast with an image of gun-sight crosshairs and flames over an image of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Kamenei, in a footage widely shared on line on Sunday.
In other anti-regime messages, activists have spray-painted "Death to Khamenei" and "The Police are the Murderers of the People" on billboards in Teheran. "The blood of our youth is on your hands", read an on-screen message that flashed up briefly during the TV broadcast Saturday evening, as street protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, again rocked Teheran and other cities.
Pictures of Amini and three other women killed in the crackdown that has claimed at least 95 lives according to Iran Human Rights - a Norway-based group.
Iran has been torn by the biggest wave of social unrest in almost three years which has seen protesters including university students and even young schoolgirls chant, "Woman, Life, Freedom".
In Amini's hometown Saqez, Kurdistan, schoolgirls chanted and marched down a street swinging their hijab headscarves in the air.
In the face of the violence and online restrictions, protesters have adopted new tactics to spread their message of resistance in public places.
"Not afraid anymore. We will fight", read one large banner.
- The NIE
My take
Iran's leadership needs to be flexible and introduce the badly-needed reforms that the country needs. The anarchy, otherwise, can snowball!
Tailpiece.
Got up at 6, the chores and was ready by 10.
Saw the matinee show of Mammooty's 'Roschach' at the Jayasree Cinema.
A quiet evening.
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