Reuters. A large crowd cheered in the streets of Abdanan, a city in Iran's southwestern Ilam province, social media footage shared on Wednesday (January 7) showed.
Reuters was able to confirm the location of the videos by the buildings, mountains and the road layout which matched satellite and file imagery of the area. The date could not be independently verified. However Iranian media reported that protests had taken place in Abdanan.
In a different video shared on a Telegram channel called Nistemanijoan with over 180,000 followers, showed a large crowd gathered late on Tuesday (January 6) chanting slogans against Khamenei that could be heard in the video.
The semi-official news agency Tasnim said a crowd of 300 gathered peacefully in Abdanan to make economic demands and some started shouting "anti-establishment" slogans, after which many demonstrators fled while security forces tackled "rioters".
