The social media network X, owned by Elon Musk, suspended an account on Monday that published Hebrew-language messages purportedly from Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, just days after its launch.
The account was briefly operational before it received a suspension notice stating, “X suspends accounts which violate the X Rules.” However, the platform did not specify which particular rule had been violated.
Khamenei’s office operates several social media accounts in his name, disseminating messages in various languages. The newly opened Hebrew-language account had launched over the weekend with an introductory message commonly used in the Islamic world: “In the name of Allah, the Benevolent, the Most Merciful.”
The account’s opening coincided with heightened tensions, as Israel conducted air strikes against military sites in Iran on Saturday in retaliation for a missile attack from Tehran on October 1. According to Iranian sources, the air strikes resulted in the deaths of at least four Iranian soldiers, although Iran described the damage to its radar systems as “limited.”
