Overview
- Multiple IRIB channels carried on the Badr satellite were overridden to show protest footage and messages from exiled opposition figure Reza Pahlavi.
- Pahlavi used the broadcast to urge continued demonstrations and called on Iran’s military and security forces to side with protesters.
- Reza Pahlavi’s press office confirmed the incident and shared video that it said captured the hacked transmission.
- KAN News reported the interruption began around 9:30 p.m. in Tehran and lasted about 10 minutes.
- NetBlocks recorded a renewed drop in internet traffic after a brief, heavily filtered restoration, while HRANA reports thousands killed and more than 24,000 arrests since the unrest began on December 28.