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Tehran threatens jail for Iranians who share Israeli attack fragments

Vaseline October 26, 2024

Tehran has threatened Iranian citizens with long prison sentences if they share images of Israel’s retaliatory attacks on Friday evening with Western media, the British media. Telegraph reported on Saturday.

Iranian police have reportedly warned citizens that sharing evidence about the attacks with “hostile media linked to the Zionist regime” would lead to 10 years in prison.

Iran has strict censorship laws, but many citizens bypass them with VPNs, allowing them to access sites restricted by the Islamic regime.

Citizens at risk of accessing Western media or restricted sites are gambling with their lives, the paper said Telegraphas the most serious charge of violating Tehran’s internet laws can carry the death penalty.

While the regime admitted that Israel had successfully struck military sites in Tehran, southern Khuzestan and western Ilam, Tehran officials claimed that their air defenses had “successfully intercepted and countered this aggressive action,” admitting that in some areas only ‘limited damage was done’.

Scenes in Iran after a series of Israeli retaliatory attacks on October 26. (credit: SCREENSHOT UNDER 27A OF COPYRIGHT ACT)

Citizens suffer

Residents have spoken out The Telegraphexpressing their concerns and fears as escalations between the Islamic regime and the Jewish state continue to escalate. The comments came as Iranian media tried to paint a picture of normalcy after the attacks.

“We didn’t do anything to deserve this,” said Ali, a Tehran resident The Telegraph. “I was woken up by my cousin, he was worried and asked me what we should do.”

“It has now become a disturbing routine for us,” he added. “We’ve really had enough of this circle. Now we have to worry about the Iranian response.”

Mohsen, another resident, told the newspaper that he kept his daughter home for school because of concerns about her mental health.

“She is under a lot of pressure from hearing about the war, and I don’t want her to hear anything today,” he said.