Twitter Bans Suspect Iran Account After Post Threatens Trump | Voice of America – English

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Twitter said Friday it has permanently banned an account that some in Iran believe is linked to the office of the country’s supreme leader after a posting that seemed to threaten former President Donald Trump. In the image posted by the suspect account late Thursday, Trump is shown playing golf in the shadow of a giant drone, with the caption “Revenge is certain” written in Farsi. In response to a request for comment from The Associated Press, a Twitter spokesperson said the account was fake and violated the company’s “manipulation and spam policy,” without elaborating how it came to that conclusion. The tweet of the photo violated the company’s “abusive behavior policy,” Twitter’s spokesperson added. In Iran, the suspect account — @khamenei_site — is believed to be linked to the office of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei because its behavior mirrored that of other accounts identified in state-run media as tied to his office. It frequently posted excerpts from his speeches and other official content. In this case, the account carried the link to Khamenei’s website. Other accounts tied to Khamenei’s office that did not tweet the photo, including his main English language account, remained…
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