Iran border guards blamed for ‘barbaric’ horse massacres
Photos and videos of dozens of dead horses along the Iran-Iraq border have been causing widespread disgust in Iran since they started appearing on social media May 1.
Author: Ershad Alijani
Getting around Iran’s Telegram ban
On April 30, Tehran’s Culture and Media Court ordered all of Iran’s service providers to block access to Telegram, the most popular social media app in the country
The latest false story about Saddam Hussein: an ‘intact’ corpse
Several social media posts in French and in Arabic claim that an amateur video shows former dictator Saddam Hussein’s corpse still intact, 12 years after his death.
YouTube shooter’s online posts: No, she was not a radical Muslim
In the hours after Iranian-born Nasim Aghdam’s shooting attack on the YouTube headquarters, when she wounded three people and killed herself, figures from the pro-Trump alt-right in the US were quick to associate her with radical Islam. But in fact, her own posts suggest she was critical of radical Islam, skeptical of Iran’s religious regime and not a Muslim herself.
An Iranian cleric tries to stop a concert, but fans boo him offstage
An open-air concert for Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, was interrupted when a cleric jumped on stage and tried to stop the music, but the fans booed him offstage.
Bird poachers in Iran create artificial lakes to ensnare their prey
The grim footage shows hundreds of birds struggling against a web of nets as poachers prepare to slaughter them. Environmental activists in Shadegan, a region in
In Afghanistan, fake claims that supplements are “anti-Muslim” pill
“Don’t let your daughter take this pill, it’s the infidels’ plan to eradicate Muslims. These tablets are actually birth control pills. Share this message,” says a Facebook post
The ‘un-Islamic’ girls’ dance that shocked Iranian hardliners
A video of girls dancing on a stage, while a crowd cheers them on, has caused an uproar in Iran. This dance took place at an event organized by the Tehran municipality,
Tehran police’s plan to discourage veil protesters backfires
In the last few months, Iranian women have begun to publicly take a stand against the law that forces them to wear a veil in public. Hundreds have protested in the same way
Debunked: Viral video of ‘Turkish drone’ is from video game
A striking video that appears to show a drone striking target after target is circulating widely on Turkish social media. Users sharing it believe it shows a Turkish army drone
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