Protests in Iran: Live public television hacked by protesters

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Iran's state-run TV channel was apparently hacked on Saturday, with a news bulletin interrupted by a protest against the country's leader.

< p class=" ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">A mask appeared on the screen, followed by an image of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei with flames around him.

The group called themselves "Adalat Ali", or Ali's justice.

This comes after at least three people have shot dead as protesters clashed with security forces in fresh unrest over the death of Mahsa Amini.

Ms Amini was detained in Tehran by the morality police for not covering her hair properly. The 22-year-old Iranian Kurd died in custody on September 16, three days after her arrest.

Her death sparked an unprecedented wave of protests across the country.

Saturday's 21:00 (1730 GMT) newscast was interrupted by footage showing Iran's supreme leader with a target on his head , photos of Ms Amini and three other women killed in recent protests.

One ​​of the captions read "join us and rise", while another read "the blood of our youth flows from your paws" .

< p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">The interrupt only lasted a few seconds before being terminated.

Such displays of rebellion against Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are historically rare, and he wields near total power in Iran. But after Ms Amini's death there was widespread open dissent.

Also on Saturday, videos on social media emerged which appeared to show female students of a Tehran university chanting "get lost" during a visit by President Ebrahim Raisi.

Earlier in the day, two people were killed in Sanandaj, including a man shot dead in his car after honking his horn in support of protesters. A video shared online also showed a woman who had been shot in the neck lying unconscious on the ground in Mashhad.