Massively shared online publications claim that a red flag calling for revenge was raised for the
“first time” above a mosque in the Iranian city of Qom, after the death of general Qassem Soleimani, killed by a US air strike. However, this red flag often flies above this mosque, as in the rest of the Shia Muslim world.Various Twitter accounts as well as larger media organisations including the Daily Mail, the Times of India and the Daily Express, have claimed that a “red flag,” synonymous with revenge, was unfurled for the “first time” in the history of Iran, over the Jamkaran mosque in Qom.
Contrary to what many of the publications assert, this red flag — a color symbolizing the blood of martyrs — is frequently raised in Iran. It is often unfurled above mosques or brandished at religious processions, particularly during the Islamic month of Muharram, which ended on September 29 last year.
According to Hossein Abadi, the use of this flag at the Jamkaran Mosque is relatively recent. “For the past three years,” it has flown over the mosque during the ten days of mourning of the Muharram, during which Shia Muslims commemorate Hussein Ibn Ali, a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad. It is therefore not the first time this flag has flown in Iran.
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