{"id":2542624,"date":"2026-01-18T20:24:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T01:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-state-tv-hacked-airs-message-urging-protests-to-continue\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T20:26:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T01:26:43","slug":"iran-state-tv-hacked-airs-message-urging-protests-to-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-state-tv-hacked-airs-message-urging-protests-to-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran state TV hacked, airs message urging protests to continue"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firan-state-tv-hacked-airs-message-urging-protests-to-continue%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2542624&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Iranian state television was hacked, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >adn multiple channels briefly broadcast<\/a> a message from exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi urging Iranians to continue protesting and calling on security forces to join demonstrators. The cyberattack was reposted by Pahlavi&#8217;s communications office and framed as a &#8220;call to action.&#8221; The hack came after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irans-world-cup-team-remain-silent-during-national-anthem-in-support-of-protesters-at-home\/\" title=\"...\u2019s World Cup Team Remain Silent During National Anthem In Support of ... at Home\">violent government crackdown<\/a> that had largely suppressed three weeks of nationwide demonstrations.U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated calls for new leadership in Iran, while Iranian officials vowed harsh retaliation if Ayatollah Khamenei were targeted and blamed Trump for protest casualties. An internet blackout has hindered autonomous verification of deaths, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watchdog-group-amazon-suppliers-linked-to-forced-labor-in-china\/\" title=\"Watchdog Group: Amazon Suppliers Linked to Forced Labor in China\">human rights groups estimate<\/a> the toll is in the thousands, and an iranian government source reportedly put it at about 5,000. Continued large-scale protests would increase pressure on the regime but likely risk even greater bloodshed amid the country&#8217;s economic and security crisis.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Iran state TV hacked, airs message from exiled crown prince urging protests to continue<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2475367\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Iranian state TV was hacked on Sunday, leading to multiple channels airing a message from exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi urging <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/protests\">protesters<\/a> to continue to take to the streets after the regime&rsquo;s violent crackdown appeared to put an end to the three-week demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>The message from Pahlavi, who has emerged as the leader of an opposition movement to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\">Iranian<\/a> regime during the protests, calls on Iranians to join the demonstrations and for security forces to side with the protesters. The apparent cyberattack was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PahlaviComms\/status\/2012978907247497276\">reposted<\/a> by Pahlavi&rsquo;s communications office, which <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PahlaviComms\/status\/2013022335394034095\">described<\/a> his message as a &ldquo;call to action.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4423443\/kurdish-forces-ceasefire-syrian-government\/\">Kurdish SDF forces agree to ceasefire with Syrian government after offensive<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4423434\/cruz-american-history-acquiring-lands-defending-trump-greenland-effort\/\">Cruz cites America&#8217;s &#8216;history of acquiring new lands&#8217; in defending Trump&#8217;s Greenland push<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4423464\/europe-united-behind-greenland-readies-response-trump-threat\/\">Europe stands &#8216;united&#8217; behind Greenland as it readies response to Trump tariff threat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Pahlavi&rsquo;s statement signals the protests are far from over, even as the regime&rsquo;s mass killing of its own citizens seemingly quelled the country-wide demonstrations. Its cancellation of executions of protesters also pushed President Donald Trump away from fairly immediate U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/priceless-starmer-tries-weaseling-behind-podium-so-trump-dismisses-him-like-a-4-year-old-who-drank-too-much-juice\/\" title=\"Priceless: Starmer Tries Weaseling Behind Podium, So ... Dismisses Him Like a 4...Year...Old Who Drank Too Much Juice\">military intervention &#038;mdash<\/a>; at least for now.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Trump returned to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/on-putin-lindsey-graham-calls-for-russian-brutus-to-take-this-guy-out\/\" title=\"On Putin, Lindsey Graham Calls for Russian \u2018Brutus\u2019 to \u2018Take this Guy Out\u2019\">regime change rhetoric<\/a> when he <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4422911\/trump-regime-change-iran-ayatollah-president-guilty-slander-sedition\/\">told<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em> that it&rsquo;s &ldquo;time to look for new leadership in Iran.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The man is a sick man who should run his country properly and stop killing people,&rdquo; Trump said, referring to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. &ldquo;His country is the worst place to live anywhere in the world because of poor leadership.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The regime has responded in kind, with President Masoud Pezeshkian <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4423272\/iran-all-out-war-ayatollah-trump-regime-change\/\">vowing<\/a> &ldquo;all-out war&rdquo; if Khamenei is targeted in any U.S. strike or military mission.<\/p>\n<p>Khamenei has also been blaming Trump directly for the deaths of thousands of protesters, calling him a &ldquo;criminal&rdquo; and saying he&rsquo;s &ldquo;guilty due to the casualties, damages and slander he inflicted upon the Iranian nation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4423272\/iran-all-out-war-ayatollah-trump-regime-change\/\"><strong>IRAN VOWS &lsquo;ALL-OUT WAR&rsquo; IF AYATOLLAH TARGETED AFTER TRUMP THREATENS REGIME CHANGE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If large-scale protests resume, they would only place even more pressure on the regime, which is overseeing an economic crisis. But the death toll would also likely only increase, especially as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/bloody-crackdown-appears-quelled-iran-protests-now\/story?id=129287014\">reports<\/a> from activists indicate security forces are &ldquo;everywhere.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>An internet blackout imposed by the regime has made it difficult to accurately estimate the death toll from the protests. But multiple human rights groups estimate it is in the thousands, with an Iranian government source <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7347170\/iran-death-toll-khamenei-trump\/\">putting it<\/a> at 5,000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran state TV hacked; exiled prince urges protests<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2542625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iran-state-tv-hacked-airs-protest-message.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[51896,11208,3823,3970,71354],"class_list":["post-2542624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-cyberattack-2","tag-hacking","tag-iran","tag-protests","tag-state-tv"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iran-state-tv-hacked-airs-protest-message.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2542624"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2542629,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542624\/revisions\/2542629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2542625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2542624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2542624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2542624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}