Image from Iran is falsely shared as that of a Kashmir man brutally beaten by Police

A collage with two photos that shows a man seriously injured is being shared widely on Facebook with the claim that it is that of a Kashmiri man beaten by Police. Let’s analyze the authenticity of that claim.

Claim: Image of a Kashmiri man beaten by Police.

Fact: The image is from Iran and it shows a young man tortured in prison after being detained from a protest. It has nothing to do with Kashmir. So, the claim made in the post is FALSE.

When the image in the post is subjected to reverse image search, many search results were obtained. A tweet among those search results had the same image, and it had the following message with it- ‘A young man in #Iran was tortured and flogged in prison after his arrest during #IranProtests. His mother posted this picture‘.

A young man in #Iran was tortured and flogged in prison after his arrest during #IranProtests. His mother posted this picture.#قیام_بهمن #IranUprising #براندازم pic.twitter.com/NuOi2rwqjy

— Armin Navabi (@ArminNavabi) January 30, 2018

Many other search results obtained also corroborated that the image is that of an Iranian man tortured in prison after being arrested in protests in 2018 and these search results can be seen here, here, here and here. 

To conclude, the image from Iran is falsely shared as that of a Kashmir man brutally beaten by Police.

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