Elon Musk’s ex blocked an account linked to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday after it posted a message in Hebrew.
After this the account was suspended Israel attacked Iran In response to this past weekend Iran fired 200 rockets The Jewish state was targeted earlier this month.
“In the name of God, the Most Merciful,” the X post said in Hebrew on Sunday. This phrase is a standard Islamic greeting.
“X suspends accounts that violate X’s rules,” the social media platform wrote. The company did not clarify which rule the post violated. X did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
On Sunday, Khamenei said during a speech that Israel’s attacks “should neither be exaggerated nor underestimated.”
Another X account linked to Khamenei posted in English on Sunday about Israel’s attacks.
“The Zionists are miscalculating regarding Iran. They don’t know Iran,” the post read. “They still do not properly understand the strength, initiative and determination of the Iranian people.”
The 85-year-old supreme leader has posted messages in multiple languages from multiple accounts on X over the years.
In 2018, the social media platform, then known as Twitter, faced criticism when it shut down the account of a politician after he posted a threatening message.
“Israel is a malignant cancerous tumor in the West Asian region that must be removed and eliminated: it is possible and it will happen,” the tweet said.
World leaders immediately condemned the offensive post. German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned the tweet and Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland called it an “incitement to violence.”
But Twitter pulled the post, citing its controversial policy on world leaders.
“Blocking a world leader from Twitter or removing their controversial tweets would hide important information that people should be able to see and debate,” the policy states.
In 2022, Twitter banned an account After the video of Trump’s assassination in a drone strike was publicized it was linked to the supreme leader. Other accounts linked to Khamenei were left online.
earlier this year, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Says It Has Suspended Facebook and Instagram Accounts Linked to Khamenei after “repeated violations” of its “dangerous organizations and individuals policy”.
According to Forbes, Musk is the richest person in the world with a net worth of $268.6 billion. Buy Twitter for $44 billion in 2022He later rebranded the social media giant X, which he promoted as a free speech platform.
Musk had criticized Twitter before the acquisition Blocking links to coverage of posts Hunter Biden’s laptop and permanently banning then-President Donald Trump after the January 6 attacks on the Capitol. Musk restored Trump’s account.
