Anonymous artist turns Tehran's fountains blood red in support of Mahsa Amini protesters

The red liquid in the fountain basins has been called a piece of protest art whose title roughly translates to "Tehran is flowing in blood"

The red liquid in the fountain basins has been called a work of protest art (

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An anonymous artist turned Tehran's fountains red overnight following the government's violent crackdown on protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini.

A number of fountains across the city appeared as if filled with blood on Friday, with the dramatic change apparently attributable to an anonymous artist or activist.

The red liquid in the basins of the fountains has been called a work of protest art whose title roughly translates to "Tehran flowing in blood",

The fountains' graphic new look comes amid protests across Iran and around the world, with protesters calling for the downfall of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The waters of the public fountain were reddened to express the artist's contempt for the Iranian government's crackdown on protesters (

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DW News)