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Iran Breaking: Iranian Women, Without Hijab, Burn Khamenei’s Photos With Cigarettes | Iran Protests
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Iran Breaking: Iranian Women, Without Hijab, Burn Khamenei’s Photos With Cigarettes | Iran Protests

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  • Jan 9, 2026
  • Jan 9, 2026 Updated Jan 23, 2026
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A single flame. A single photograph. And a message that is now circling the world.Iranian women are lighting cigarettes by burning the image of their Supreme Leader — and it is becoming one of the boldest protest symbols Iran has seen in years.Across social media, new videos are going viral.They show women calmly setting fire to photographs of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — then using that flame to light a cigarette. The act is deliberate, slow, and unmistakably defiant.In Iran, burning the Supreme Leader’s image is considered a serious crime. For women, smoking in public has long been restricted, discouraged, or socially punished. By combining both acts, these women are rejecting political authority, religious control, and strict social rules in one powerful gesture.#TrumpIranProtests #TrumpOnIranProtest #KhameneiProtests #KhameneiTrump #APIranProtests #KhameneiVsTrump #IranProtests #IranProtestsNews #TrumpKhamenei #TrumpIranStatement #IranProtestsMashhad #IranKhamenei #IranProtestsLive #IranProtests2026 #2026IranProtests #IranProtests2025 #IranProtestsCurrency #KhameneiTrumpWarning #IranProtestsToday #ProtestsInIran

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