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Hackers hijack Iran state TV to air message backing Reza Pahlavi

Updated on: 20 January,2026 08:21 AM IST  |  Dubai
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The footage aired across multiple channels broadcast by satellite from Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting showed two clips of exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, then included footage of security forces and others in what appeared to be Iranian police uniforms

Hackers hijack Iran state TV to air message backing Reza Pahlavi

A ‘Solidarity with the people of Iran’ event in Los Angeles on Sunday to protest against the government crackdown in Iran. PIC/AFP

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Hackers disrupted Iranian state television satellite transmissions to air footage supporting the country’s exiled crown prince early on Monday. The hacking comes as the death toll in a crackdown by authorities against protesters reached at least 3919.

The footage aired across multiple channels broadcast by satellite from Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting showed two clips of exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, then included footage of security forces and others in what appeared to be Iranian police uniforms. 


It claimed without offering evidence others had “laid down their weapons and swore an oath of allegiance to the people”. “This is a message to the army and security forces,” one graphic read. “Don’t point your weapons at the people. Join the nation for the freedom of Iran.”



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