Social platform X suspends new account on behalf of Iran’s supreme leader

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Social platform X suspends new account on behalf of Iran’s supreme leader

The social platform X has suspended a new account on behalf of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that posted messages in Hebrew.

The account was suspended early Monday with a brief note appended to it saying: “X suspends accounts which violate the X Rules.” It wasn’t immediately clear what the violation was. The Elon Musk-owned social media company did not respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press.

The move came after ******* openly attacked Iran

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. Khamenei said in a speech on Sunday that

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— in response to Iran’s ballistic missile ******* this month — “should not be exaggerated nor downplayed,” while

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The X account opened Sunday with a message in Hebrew reading: “In the name of ****, the most merciful,” a standard Islamic greeting.

Khamenei’s office has maintained multiple accounts for the 85-year-old supreme leader on X for years and has sent messages in a variety of languages in the past.

A second message corresponded to a speech Khamenei gave on Sunday and was sent on his English account as: “Zionists are making a miscalculation with respect to Iran. They don’t know Iran. They still haven’t been able to correctly understand the power, initiative, and determination of the Iranian people.” The message referred to *******’s ******* Saturday on Iran.

This isn’t the first time Khamenei has seen a suspension or removal from social media. In February, Meta removed

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and

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accounts for the supreme leader over his support of the militant group ****** after its Oct. 7, 2023, ******* on *******.

Social media platforms like X and

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have been blocked in Iran for years, requiring Iranians to use virtual private networks to access them.

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Here’s the latest:

UN Security Council schedules emergency meeting at Iran’s request

******* NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting Monday afternoon at Iran’s request on *******’s air strikes against the country.

Switzerland, which holds the council’s rotating presidency, announced the meeting on Sunday and said the Iranian request was supported by Russia, China and Algeria, the ***** representative on the council.

Iranian president vows to respond ‘appropriately’ to ******** strikes

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian says his country will respond to ******* “appropriately,” after ******* openly attacked Iranian military sites for the first time this weekend.

“We are not seeking war, but we will defend the rights of our nation and country and will respond appropriately to the Zionist regime’s aggression,” Pezeshkian was quoted by state TV on Sunday as saying.

Pezeshkian also said the U.S. had promised Iran to stop the war in Gaza and Lebanon if Iran restrained. “They had promised to end the war in response to our restraint, but they did not keep their word,” he said.

The Iranian president also warned tensions will escalate if *******’s aggression continues, adding, “We know that the ******* States is encouraging ******* to commit these atrocities.”

Iran says a civilian was ******* in *******’s *******

DUBAI, ******* ***** Emirates — Iran announced Sunday that a civilian had been ******* in *******’s ******* on the country, without offering any details on the circumstances of his ******.

The state-run IRNA news agency identified the ***** man as Allahverdi Rahimpour and said he lived in a suburban area of southwestern Tehran.

While offering no details on what he was doing or where he was *******, IRNA made a point to say he was not a member of Iran’s armed forces.

Iran has offered few details on the ******* and the damage caused by them so far.

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