From AFP News Agency.
Major protests erupted across Iran in late December, 2025 and peaked on January 8 and 9, 2026.
Because of the government’s media blackout, journalists have sought to verify footage published on social media to show what’s happening in the country.
Some social media accounts, however, published unrelated videos they claimed showed the events in Iran — a common way users hijack real unfolding crises to generate interaction with their content.
MUSIC: AUDIONETWORK / Dusk Swell / Richard Lacy (PRS)
