The newly verified X account for Iran’s supreme leader could be putting the company on the wrong side of US sanctions, according to a watchdog group. The Tech Transparency Project, which last month published a report on X granting premium perks to sanctioned officials in Iran, now says that the verified account for the country’s new leader raises fresh questions about the issue.
The TTP notes that the X account for Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, appears to be paying for an X premium subscription despite being on the US government’s list of sanctioned individuals since 2019. As the group points out, the Iran-based account was created this month
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