The image has no relation with the ongoing anti-hijab protest in Iran. The image dates back to 2021 showing an incident from Pakistan.
Iran executed the first person in relation to the anti-hijab protests that has rocked the nation since the past three months. A 23-year-old protester Mohsen Shekari was convicted of blocking a road inflicting a knife injury on a paramilitary guard. This is the first known execution in relation with the anti-government protests going on in Iran.
Amidst this, an image of a woman with a severely bruised back is circulating on social media with the claim that it shows an Iranian female demonstrator who was beaten by the government authorities during the anti-hijab protest.
The caption of the image states, “Iranian female demonstrater beaten up by regime’s thugs during #IranRevoIution. This is why @UN_HRC demands investigation.”
Fact Check-
We started our investigation by running a Google reverse image whose results led us to the same image posted on Twitter on 2 March 2021. The caption of the image states, “#Peshawar!! This is a dancing girl named Wafa Khan. She was called by a miscreant named Mansoor Khan in the limits of Varsak Road Police Station Machni Gate. Then tortured them there. The police is also not registering their report. @AbbasAhsan @kpkpolice091”
According to the tweet the incident is from Peshawar in Pakistan showing a woman named Wafa Khan who was tortured by a man named Mansoor Khan near Machni Gate.
Since the image has been available on the internet since 2021, it cannot be related to the recent anti-hijab protests in Iran.
This user has posted several other images of this woman who was injured.
https://twitter.com/shahrazashah20/status/1367801864767553537\
We found that the Capital City Police of Peshawar has replied below this tweet on 6 March 2021 stating, “Immediate action was taken against the named accused in the incident of violence on dancing girl Wafa. A heavy police force under the leadership of DSP Regi has detained 19 suspects from the cell of a man named Mansoor.”
Capital City Police Peshawar had posted the image of the arrested accused on their Facebook profile on 5 March 2021. The caption of the post states, “Immediate action taken against the nominated accused in the incident of violence on Dancing Girl Wafa. A heavy police force led by DSP Regi Gohar Khan has arrested 19 suspects from the cell of a man named Mansoor in Malazai. Upon searching, arms, ammunition, liquor and other goods were recovered from the cell.”
Conclusion-
Fact Crescendo found the claim made along with the viral image to be False. The viral image has no relation with the ongoing ant- hijab protest in Iran. The image shows an incident that took place in Pakistan in 2021.
Title:Image from Pakistan shared as woman protestor tortured by Iranian government.
Fact Check By: Drabanti Ghosh
Result: False
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