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At left, a screengrab from an amateur video posted May 7, 2020 showing a man sheltering Kabul Mayor Mohammad Dawood Sultanzoy with an umbrella. At right, messages by Afghan web users mocking the mayor for having an "aristocratic attitude".

Umbrella scandal in Kabul: video sparks criticism of mayor’s 'aristocratic attitude'

A video that circulated widely on social media after a friendly fire incident by the Iranian navy May 10, 2020 in fact shows a naval exercise in Norway in 2013.

No, this video does not show a friendly fire incident by the Iranian navy

Amateur videos circulating on social media in Afghanistan show bodies of Afghan migrants drowned in the Harirud river on the border with Iran on May 1, 2020. Survivors say they were forced into the river by Iranian border guards.

Investigation: videos reveal location of mass drowning on Iran-Afghan border

Images of poultry farmers destroying stocks of chicks caused controversy on social networks in Iran. One farmer told the France 24 Observers his colleagues have no other choice, because the COVID-19 pandemic has hit demand and caused feed prices to rise.

Iranian poultry farmers bury thousands of chicks alive as Covid-19 hits demand

Rumours that Covid-19 could change people’s skin colour started circulating online after Chinese media broadcast these images.

Did these Chinese doctors’ skin turn black after getting Covid-19? There’s more to this story…

Iranian users publish photos of poorly-equipped schools in Iran, asking how online learning is possible in regions without internet or even TV.

In Iran, poverty and lack of internet make distance learning impossible

Images of women doing the splits during a challenge organised by a supermarket chain in Iran.

Supermarket’s 'splits challenge' too sexy for Iranian authorities

Left: Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki during an Instagram broadcast showed a photo of what he said was an Iranian nurse. Right: The photo in fact showed Amanda Ramalho, a Brazilian nurse who posts on Instagram.

Iran health minister's photo of heroic Iranian nurse actually comes from Brazil

Images circulating on social media in Iran show riots and prison breaks at prisons in Tabriz (left), Ahvaz (centre) and Saqqez (right).

No water, no soap and crowded cells: COVID-19 fears spark riots in Iran’s prisons

Many Iranians are pointing the finger at fake healers for the widespread propagation of Covid-19 in Iran.

Prophet’s perfume and flower oil: how Islamic medicine has made Iran's Covid-19 outbreak worse

Medical staff in Iran tell the France 24 Observers that contrary to what is shown on state TV (down) they are battling the COVID-19 epidemic with a severe lack of equipment that leaves them in danger of being infected themselves.

"They only give us protective gear when TV cameras come": Iran's doctors say they're at risk

The image on the left shows at least 56 body bags awaiting burial at a facility at the main cemetery in Qom. Right: a grave dug for coronavirus victims in Langeroud county in Gilan province, with concrete blocks to separate the bodies.

Authorities in Iran 'hiding' COVID-19 deaths by listing other causes on death reports

An officer in the Afghan army based in the south of the country sent us this photo, explaining that what you see in the photo is the ration for five people.

‘We haven't eaten for days’: Afghan soldiers suffer amid widespread corruption

One fast-food restaurant in Afghanistan recently made a buzz by employing a robot as a waiter. Source: @IsmailHotak1

Afghanistan has its first robotic waiter – but is that a good thing?

Five amateur videos filmed along a 1,600-metre stretch of Tehran's Azadi Street on January 12, 2020, document the use of teargas and shotguns as Iranians gathered to protest their government's shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner.

Videos document injuries as Iran’s police swap Kalashnikovs for shotguns

This screengrab from an amateur video shows a bank on fire in Behbahan, Iran (left). The image on the right shows a scene in Shivet after a man was hit by a bullet. Both images were taken from videos circulating via Telegram and Twitter.

'It looks like a war zone': Our Observers report from inside Iran’s protests

Iranian female football fans attend a World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Cambodia on October 10, 2019, at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. Source: Twitter @hosmey_v, @rozhansteiger, @shohre_naseri.

Iranian women attend football match: 'It was a dream come true'

Protesters in the southwestern Iranian town of Lordegan on Oct. 5 set fire to the office of the town’s Friday prayer imam. They were angry about rumours of an accidental HIV infection in the nearby village of Chenar Mahmoudi.

Iran HIV protests: 300 infections from one needle called 'statistically inconceivable'

Dozens of videos have appeared online since Afghanistan’s presidential election Sept. 28, 2019 that appear to show ballot-stuffing. The country’s Independent Election Commission says it’s investigating more than 2,000 complaints of electoral fraud.

Leaked videos 'reveal' rampant ballot-stuffing during Afghan election

Sahar Khodayari appears in a photo, left, released by her family after her death on Sept. 9, 2019. The photo on the right shows her being treated at Tehran's Motahhari hospital.

Iran’s #BlueGirl dies after setting herself on fire in football-ban protest

Photos of the marriage.

Rare video of underage marriage in Iran: the 'bride' is aged 11

The photo (left) shows Abbas Malekzadeh, the mayor of Sadra, with one of his assistants.The photo on the right shows politician Ali Mohammad Ahmadi with his mistress (screengrab).

Leaked sextapes of Iranian politicians show 'hypocrisy' of Islamic Republic

A tourist filmed hundreds of dead salmon in this river in Alaska. (Screen grab of the video by Ales Richter)

Why did hundreds of salmon suddenly die in Alaska?

Screengrab of the "Hunting Spies" documentary, broadcast by Iran's "Press TV"

‘CIA agents spotted by Tehran’: An Iranian documentary’s false claims

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