For around two weeks - and despite an internet blackout - thousands of Iranians have been mobilising in large protests that threaten the future of the ruling regime. But some internet users are casting doubt over the protest images, claiming they’re in fact much smaller than they appear, or using camera trickery or AI manipulation. Vedika Bahl goes through the claims in Truth or Fake.
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Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute, says that 'we're seeing a dramatic radicalisation of the protest movement which is ultimately a reaction to the brutality of the regime', adding that the 'absence of credible alternatives' is one of the reasons that the Islamic Republic has been able to survive despite its unpopularity, incompetence and corruption.
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Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Kevan Gafaïti, lecturer at Sciences Po Paris, who has just left Iran, says that many Iranians are being kept in the dark about the demonstrations and the brutal crackdown by the authorities due to the Internet blackout, which is preventing the population from organising.
It’s no longer just about the cost of living. Protests in Iran entering their third week despite evidence of a ferocious crackdown and the shutting of the Internet.
