Video clips of a fire at the ancestral home of the late founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, have emerged on social media, with activists saying it was set on fire by protesters.
JEE News confirmed the location of the two video clips using specific arches and buildings that match the file images.
However, the semi-official Tasneem news agency denied setting Khomeini’s house on fire, saying that there were very few people outside the house.
Social media videos show dozens of people cheering after the building caught fire.
JEE News could not independently verify the dates when the videos were filmed. Activist network 1500 Tasvir reported that the incident took place on Thursday evening in Khomeini’s town south of the capital Tehran.
The house was converted into a museum.
Tasneem said that the report is false. “The doors of the house of the late founder of the great revolution are open to the public.”
Khomeini Died in 1989.
His successor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been under intense pressure from nationwide protests that have called for an end to the hardline cleric’s rule since the September death of Mehsa Amini, an Iranian Kurdish woman in custody by Iran’s morality police. .
Separate videos posted by Tasweer showed marchers in several cities in Sistan-Baluchistan province, including the capital Zahedan, where protesters chanted “Khomeini dead,” and Chabahar, where protesters chanted Ayatollah Khomeini. Removed and trampled the road sign named after .
State media said authorities held funerals for seven people killed in the southwestern city of Iza in what it described as an act of terrorism.
But the mother of one 10-year-old victim, Kian Pirfalak, can be heard on social media videos blaming security forces for her son’s shooting.
A video posted on social media of Pirfulk’s funeral shows protesters chanting “Khomeini we will bury you”.
JEE News could not independently verify the authenticity of the videos.
On Friday, Tasnim reported on pro-government protesters in the northeastern city of Mashhad, where two members of the Basij militia were killed on Thursday.
Two intelligence agents were killed in clashes with protesters on Thursday night, according to the Revolutionary Guards’ news site.
It also said three other Revolutionary Guards and a Basij member were killed in Tehran, and a Basij and a police member were killed in Kurdistan on Thursday.
