Twitter suspends one of Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei's account after Revenge threat to Trump

Cracking down on hate speech, micro-blogging site Twitter on Friday, suspended one of Iranian Supreme Leer Ayatollah Khamenei's account (@Khamenei_Site) after its tweet against ex-US President Donald Trump proclaiming 'Revenge is inevitable'. account, Twitter stated violated its rules. Although, Ayatollah's main account (@Khamenei_IR) is still functional. This act of quashing hate-speech comes days after Trump himself was banned from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and several or social media platforms - after he instigated a mob that stormed US Capitol in a bid to stop process of certifying Biden's electoral college victory.

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On Thursday, Ayatollah's Twitter account posted a photomont of Donald Trump playing golf under show of a warplane, insinuating a possible attack on former US president. “Revenge is inevitable,” stated that post while reiterating Iran’s vow to avenge January 2020 drone strike that killed country’s celebrated leer General Qasem Soleimani. “Soleimani's killer and man who gave orders must face vengeance," it said.

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US drone strike kills Iran's General Qassem Soleimani

On January 3, White House and Pentagon confirmed death of Iran's powerful military he by an airstrike directed by US President Donald Trump. Six ors were killed along with Major General Soleimani including Iraqi militia he - Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. Since n Green Zone outside US Embassy in Baghd, several Iraqi airbases and some cities were US Army presence was prevalent have been targetted by Iran-backed militia - Hezbollah. attack backfired when two of missiles shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 people on board. Several nations like China, Saudi Arabia, Germany, India, France called for a de-escalation of situation.

attack on Soleimani led to rise in tensions between n- US President Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Both presidents have refused to scale down from threats with Trump stating that 52 Iranian sites which were important to Iran and its culture will be targetted after Iran declared vengeance over killing. Trump tweeted a warning to Iran - ' IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!', which was met with Rouhani reminding him of Iran's uranium resources. 

Two days after attack, Iran officially anunced its exit from 2015 Nuclear Accord - Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA) stating y h successfully enriched uranium to about 4.5% and threatened to hit 20% mark. Iran's nuclear deal with Britain, China, France, Russia, Germany and United States has been in trouble since US withdrew unilaterally from it in 2018, which will w be reinstated by Biden ministration. Earlier this month, Iranian judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi warned that t even Trump was "immune from justice" and that Soleimani's killers would "t be safe anywhere in world".

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