A series of viral videos on X and other platforms saw young Iranian women using the photo of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to light up their cigarettes in a gesture of ultimate contempt and ...

The viral images are not just about smoking or shock value. They are a quiet, dangerous act of defiance against a system that ...

Women in Iran have been defiantly lighting cigarettes with burning images of supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

The methods used by Iran's women to push back against the country's authoritarian system have gone beyond cutting their hair ...

As large-scale anti-government protests sweep Iran, videos circulating on social media platforms show women lighting ...