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DUBAI, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Video clips showing a occurrence astatine the ancestral location successful Iran of the Islamic Republic's precocious founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, person appeared connected societal media, with activists saying it was torched by protesters.
Reuters verified the determination of 2 video clips utilizing the distinctive arches and buildings that lucifer record images.
However, the semi-official Tasnim quality bureau denied Khomeini's location was acceptable connected fire, saying a tiny fig of radical had gathered extracurricular the house.
The societal media videos amusement dozens of radical cheering arsenic a flash of occurrence is sparked successful a building.
Reuters could not independently verify the dates erstwhile the videos were filmed. Activist web 1500Tasvir said the incidental occurred connected Thursday evening successful Khomeini's commencement municipality of Khomein, southbound of the superior Tehran.
The location had been converted into a museum.
"The study is simply a lie," Tasnim said. "The doors of the location of the precocious laminitis of the large gyration are unfastened to the public."
Khomeini died successful 1989.
His successor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been nether aggravated unit from nationwide protests calling for an extremity to regularisation hardline clerical regularisation since the decease successful September of Iranian Kurdish pistillate Mahsa Amini portion successful the custody of Iran's morality police.
Separate videos posted by 1500Tasvir purported to amusement marchers successful respective cities successful Sistan-Baluchistan province, including the superior Zahedan, wherever protesters chanted "Death to Khamenei", and Chabahar, wherever demonstrators removed and trampled the motion of an avenue named aft Ayatollah Khomeini.
State media said authorities held a ceremonial ceremonial for 7 radical killed successful the southwestern metropolis of Izeh successful what it described arsenic a violent act.
But the parent of a 10-year-old victim, Kian Pirfalak, could beryllium heard connected societal media videos blaming information forces for the shooting of her son.
A video posted connected societal media and purporting to beryllium from Pirfalak's ceremonial showed protesters chanting "Khamenei we volition hide you".
Reuters could not independently verify the authenticity of those videos.
On Friday, Tasnim reported pro-government demonstrators successful the northeastern metropolis of Mashhad, wherever 2 members of the Basij militia were killed connected Thursday.
Videos connected societal media showed riot constabulary confronting a assemblage attending the ceremonial of Aylar Haghi, a aesculapian pupil allegedly killed by information forces during protests successful the northwestern metropolis of Tabriz. Authorities said she was killed aft falling into an excavation astatine a operation site.
Late connected Friday, protests continued successful respective cities and towns successful the Kurdish-populated northwest, including Piranshahr, wherever demonstrators occupied a constabulary station, according to a video posted by quality rights radical Hengaw. Reuters could not verify the footage.
Two quality agents were killed successful clashes with protesters connected Thursday night, according to the Revolutionary Guards' quality site.
It besides said that 3 different Revolutionary Guards and a Basij subordinate were killed successful Tehran, and 1 Basiji and 1 subordinate of the constabulary were killed successful Kurdistan connected Thursday.
Reporting by Dubai newsroom; Writing by Michael Georgy; Editing by Alex Richardson and Raissa Kasolowsky
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