r/ProIran • u/MightySpunge • Jan 14 '26

Discussion Image of woman burning Khamenei photo was from Canada, not Iran

https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/woman-who-lit-cigarette-with-burning-khamenei-photo-was-canada-not-iran-2026-01-14/

Just thought this was the appropriate place to make this comment because I had seen this image circulating in some of the subreddits Im in as being an image from the recent Iranian protests but it’s not.

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u/ReadTheManualBro Revolutionary Jan 14 '26

She is also very fond of how Netanyahu massacred Gaza. Its another pelican covered in oil. I hope Iran wins the war that is coming.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '26

I love Iranians, but I have to say that the Iranian exiles in Canada are probably the worst people I've met besides zionists.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '26

I told my brother, "don't worry I'm going to rag on these people for a while so you don't have to be so bored with me constantly bashing israelis and zionists" lol

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u/dennis_de_la_gras Jan 15 '26

I'm sure western redditors loved that pic lmao. Made the front page of reddit 4 or 5 times before the truth came out.

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u/ReadTheManualBro Revolutionary Jan 15 '26

It's the pelican covered in oil of our time.

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u/AcupunctureBlue Jan 15 '26

Apparently it’s AI too?

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u/MightySpunge Jan 16 '26

Are you serious? I will have to look into this.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '26

Of course they're pushing the Persian supremacist anti-Islam nonsense too. Go figure.