Hackers target Iran state TV’s satellite transmission to broadcast Shah’s son

DUBAI: Hackers disrupted Iranian state television satellite transmissions to air footage supporting opposition leader and Shah’s son Reza Pahlavi and calling on security forces to not “point your weapons at the people,” online video showed early on Monday, the latest disruption to follow nationwide protests in the country.

The hacking comes as the presumptive death toll in a crackdown by authorities that smothered the demonstrations reached at least 3,941 people, activists said. They fear the number will grow far higher as information leaks out of a country still gripped by the government’s decision to shut down the internet.