As Iranian protesters take part in anti-government demonstrations, videos purporting to be from the protests have been widely circulated on Arab social media. BBC Monitoring has investigated the origins of some of these videos.
One video, which appears to show a woman burning an image of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been shared extensively. However, analysis suggests the video is not from the current protests but is actually from a demonstration in 2019.
Another clip, supposedly showing security forces beating a woman, was found to be from a protest in Iraq in 2019. The video was originally uploaded by an Iraqi news outlet and had no connection to Iran.
A third video, which claims to show a protester setting fire to a police car, was also debunked. The footage was from a 2017 protest in Argentina, not Iran.
BBC Monitoring warns that such misleading content can spread quickly on social media, potentially distorting public perception of the events in Iran. It urges users to verify the authenticity of videos before sharing them.
