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Thursday, February 8, 2024
Meta pulls Instagram and Facebook accounts belonging to Iran Supreme Leader Khamenei
Meta pulls Facebook and Instagram accounts belonging to Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei for violating the company’s “Dangerous Organizations & Individuals policy,” a Meta spokesperson says.
Khamenei’s Persian-language Instagram account had more than five million followers, while his English-language account had more than 200,000.
All four of his accounts on X, formerly Twitter, are still live, and the most recent post on the English-language account is from seven hours ago.
God willing, the victory of people in Gaza will become clearer day by day.
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) February 8, 2024