{"id":101157,"date":"2022-01-16T07:35:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T12:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/?p=101157"},"modified":"2022-01-16T07:35:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T12:35:07","slug":"twitter-bans-account-linked-to-iranian-leader-over-video-threatening-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/2022\/01\/16\/twitter-bans-account-linked-to-iranian-leader-over-video-threatening-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Bans Account Linked to Iranian Leader Over Video Threatening Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"VOA \u2014 WASHINGTON \u2014 <\/span>Twitter said Saturday it had permanently suspended an account linked to Iran’s supreme leader that posted a video calling for revenge for a top general’s assassination against former US President Donald Trump.”The account referenced has been permanently suspended for violating our ban evasion policy,” a Twitter spokesperson told AFP.<\/p>\n

The account, @KhameneiSite, this week posted an animated video showing an unmanned aircraft targeting Trump, who ordered a drone strike in Baghdad two years ago that killed top Iranian commander General Qassem Soleimani.<\/p>\n

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s main accounts in various languages remain active. Last year, another similar account was suspended by Twitter over a post also appearing to reference revenge against Trump.<\/p>\n

The recent video, titled “Revenge is Definite,” was also posted on Khamenei’s official website.<\/p>\n

According to Twitter, the company’s top priority is keeping people safe and protecting the health of the conversation on the platform.<\/p>\n

The social media giant says it has clear policies around abusive behavior and will take action when violations are identified.<\/p>\n

As head of the Quds Force, the foreign operations arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Soleimani was the architect of its strategy in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

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\"FILE<\/div>\n<\/div>
FILE – Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, center, attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sept. 18, 2016.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

He and his Iraqi lieutenant were killed by a U.S. drone strike outside Baghdad airport on January 3, 2020.<\/p>\n

Khamenei has repeatedly promised to avenge his death.<\/p>\n

On January 3, the second anniversary of the strike, the supreme leader and ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi once again threatened the U.S. with revenge.<\/p>\n

Trump’s supporters regularly denounce the banning of the Republican billionaire from Twitter, underscoring that accounts of several leaders considered authoritarian by the United States are allowed to post on the platform.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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