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Why did X suspend Ayatollah Khamenei’s Hebrew account a day after the message to Israel? – The week
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Why did X suspend Ayatollah Khamenei’s Hebrew account a day after the message to Israel? – The week

Hours after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei opened his Hebrew account on X, the Elon Musk-owned social media platform suspended the handle.

Currently, the Hebrew handle, @Khamenei_Heb, shows that it has been suspended for violating X’s rules. Iran’s Supreme Leader has two other accounts, one in English and one in Arabic.

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Khamenei, 85, published two posts on the Hebrew account. The first read: “In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful.” This was reported on his official account in English, Khamenei.ir.

In another post, the Supreme Leader wrote that the Zionist regime made a mistake and miscalculated Iran. “We will make her understand what kind of strength, ability, initiative and will the Iranian nation has,” he added.

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Earlier, Khamenei was quoted by IRNA as saying: “The evil committed by the Zionist regime (Israel) two nights ago should neither be minimized nor exaggerated.”

Iranian officials should determine how best to demonstrate Iran’s strength to Israel, Khamenei said.

This comes amid a New York Times report which claimed that Khamenei was “gravely ill” and that his son Mojtaba, 55, could succeed him as the next Supreme Leader. A final call on the successor will be taken by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).