Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Iranian Woman Dancing in the Rain in Protest Against 'Islamic Regime'
Did a widely-shared video show an Iranian woman dancing in the rain in June 2025, as a protest against that country's "Islamic regime"? No, that's not true: The clip showed Tamta Sabelashvili, a Georgian influencer and personal trainer who lives in France. She posted the video in 2023, meaning it had no connection to the Iran-Israel conflict that took place in June 2025.
The claim appeared in a June 17, 2025, post on X (archived here), which garnered nearly six million views in one day. It read:
An Iranian woman sends a message to the Islamic regime:
"We will dance on your grave with all our hearts. We now have joy and hope for the future.
The murderers of Iran's children and women will fall. The Islamic regime will perish!"
The post and video can be viewed below:
An Iranian woman sends a message to the Islamic regime:
-- Dr. Maalouf (@realMaalouf) June 17, 2025
"We will dance on your grave with all our hearts. We now have joy and hope for the future.
The murderers of Iran's children and women will fall. The Islamic regime will perish!" pic.twitter.com/5sUtmfefhj
In reality, the woman in the video was not Iranian, the dance was not a protest against that country's "Islamic regime", and it had nothing to do with the military conflict between Iran and Israel that took place in June 2025.
The clip was first posted to TikTok on July 15, 2023, by Tamta Sabelashvili, a Georgian social media influencer whose TikTok handle is @wildprincess9:
(Source: TikTok screenshot)
According to her Facebook profile, Sabelashvili lives in Strasbourg, France.