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Hackers say they blocked Iran president’s speech

President Ibrahim Raisi addresses a crowd gathered in Azadi Square in Tehran to mark the 44th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, on Saturday. (Photo: Iranian Presidency via AFP)

Digital activists supporting anti-government protests in Iran said they hacked an online broadcast by state television of a speech by President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday marking the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

The Edalat-e Ali group posted a video of the purported interruption of Raisi’s address on Twitter, in which it called on Iranians to withdraw their money from “corrupt” regime banks and to take to the streets next week.

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