Iran's President Disavows Twitter Account Everyone Followed

The revelation that Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi has no Twitter account has caused a fiasco, because an existing account was tweeting in his name until now.Mohammad-Mehdi Rahimi, head of Raisi’s public relations office on Tuesday said the president has no account on Twitter. The announcement has left many wondering about the identity of those behind the account thought to be the president’s official account, as it introduces itself. The account has been tweeting in his name since before he won the controversial presidential elections of June 2021.According to Twitter the account was created in March 2021. It has been in regular use since May 26, 2021, more than 3 weeks before the election, and has over 173K followers including Chief Justice Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei, Vice President Mohammad Mokhber, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and the official news agency IRNA. The last tweet from the account which posted a quote from the president was posted on August 12th.Most official news agencies and pro-Raisi news websites retweeted the tweets from @raisi.com account in Raisi’s name throughout this time but the president’s media team never denied their authenticity until now.“Denial of authenticity of Raisi’s Twitter is one of the greatest blunders of the president’s…
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