Twitter suspends account of Iranian Supreme Leader after apparent Trump threat

Ayatollah-Khameini-(Read-Only) — Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Image Credit: Reuters

Dubai: Twitter suspended an account linked to Iran’s Supreme Leader on Friday, hours after it carried the image of a golfer resembling former President Donald Trump apparently being targeted by a drone alongside a vow to avenge the killing of a top Iranian general in a US drone attack.

The post, on a Persian-language account linked to Khamenei’s website, had carried the text of remarks by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in December, in which he said “Revenge is certain”.

That speech renewed a vow of vengeance ahead of the first anniversary of the killing of top military commander General Qassem Soleimani in the attack in Iraq.