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What is a verified badge on social media ?
TEHRAN, Jan. 13 (MNA) – What does verified on social media mean? How do you get a blue tick on social media? How many followers do you need to get verified?
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Trump suggests building own platform after Twitter ban
TEHRAN, Jan. 09 (MNA) – US President Donald Trump suggested Friday night that he may seek to build his own online platform after Twitter permanently suspended his account less than two weeks before the end of his presidency.
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Twitter permanently suspends Trump’s account
TEHRAN, Jan. 09 (MNA) – Twitter said on Friday that it had permanently suspended US President Donald Trump from its service “due to the risk of further incitement of violence.”
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Biden's POTUS account to start from zero followers
TEHRAN, Dec. 23 (MNA) – Twitter said on Tuesday that it would not automatically transfer the millions of followers of official Trump administration accounts to the incoming Biden administration, but instead give users the option to continue or not.
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Twitter updates label for Trump's misleading tweets
TEHRAN, Dec. 21 (MNA) – Twitter has updated a label placed on misleading claims made by Donald Trump and others, that declares Joe Biden to have won the election.
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Twitter suspends Mohsen Rezaei's account
TEHRAN, Nov. 09 (MNA) – Twitter blocked the account belonging to Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei.
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Twitter suspends Steve Bannon account after talk of beheading
TEHRAN, Nov. 06 (MNA) – Twitter permanently suspended an account belonging to former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon due to violating the companies regulations and promoting violence.
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US knocked out in social media: envoy
TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) – Referring to the recent war of words between Iran and US embassies in Beijing, Ambassador in Beijing China Mohammad Keshavarz-Zadeh said that hit-and-run era is over and US has been knocked out in social media too.
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Western governments keep silence on crackdown of protests in US: Foreign Ministry
TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) – Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in its twitter account on Tuesday wrote that Western governments keep silence and forget their Human Rights fever.
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Foreign Ministry censures US Police brutality against black men
TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA) – In a tweet on Wednesday, Iran's foreign ministry once again criticized the brutality of the American Police against the black US residents, after an African-American man died on May 25 when US cop knelt on his neck.
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Iran FM expresses deep concern over conditions of migrants in US detention center
TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) – Iran Foreign Ministry has expressed deep concern over the conditions of 1,500 migrants in the US detention center.
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FM Zarif calls on countries of world to join campaign to disregard US sanctions on Iran
TEHRAN, Mar. 17 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on all countries of the world to join the growing global campaign to disregard US sanctions on Iran.
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Molaverdi calls on netizens to sign petition against US sanctions on Iran
TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) – Iranian president’s Special Assistant for Citizenship Rights Shahindokht Molaverdi called on users on Twitter to join the campaign calling on the United States Department of the Treasury to immediately lift sanctions on Iran amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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US senators put pressure on Twitter to ban Iranian officials
TEHRAN, Feb. 08 (MNA) – A number of Republican senators are ramping up pressure against Twitter to ban accounts of Iranian officials despite American claims on freedom of speech.
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Twitter blocks one of Leader's accounts
TEHRAN, Jan. 08 (MNA) – On Wednesday morning, Twitter in a move against freedom of speech, blocked one of the accounts belonging to the Office of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
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Twitter blamed for murder of journalist in Saudi Arabia: report
TEHRAN, Nov. 09 (MNA) – Twitter has come under fire after another dissident journalist was reportedly tortured and killed in Saudi Arabia.
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FM spokesman:
Attempts to block Zarif’s reach on social networks not to affect his influence in intl. community
TEHRAN, Aug. 11 (MNA) – FM spokesman Mousavi reacted to news about Americans’ attempt to block FM Zarif’s accounts on social networks for fear of his influence, saying the voice of the top Iranian diplomat will continue to be heard in international community.
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Zarif says he was sanctioned because he is a threat to US agenda
TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has reacted to the US sanctions on him by saying that the US move indicates Washington sees him as a 'threat' to its agenda.
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Twitter blocks access to Mehr accounts
TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) – The social networking website Twitter has blocked access to Mehr News Agency (MNA) accounts for unknown reasons.
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Iran's active diplomacy continues: Zarif
TEHRAN, Jun. 15 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has described the meetings of President Rouhani with regional countries' leaders today and yesterday as 'excellent'.
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French amb. to Washington deletes anti-Iran tweets
TEHRAN, Apr. 14 (MNA) – The French Ambassador to the Washington DC Gérard Araud has deleted the controversial tweets on Iran nuclear deal that he had posted Sat.
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By: Lachin Rezaian
Twitter censors messages, but not if you are Trump
TEHRAN, Feb. 18 (MNA) – Twitter has temporarily banned account of Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, in a politically-motivated move, for posting a message saying “Imam Khomeini’s verdict regarding Salman Rushdie is based on divine verses and just like divine verses, it is solid and irrevocable."
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Twitter removes Leader’s tweet on Trump
TEHRAN, Feb. 09 (MNA) – Twitter has, in a questionable move, removed one of the yesterday’s tweets of the Islamic Revolution Leader Ayatollah Khamenei's Arabic account which was aimed at US top officials, including its president Donald Trump.
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Iran Army commander has no twitter account: Army
TEHRAN, Jan. 17 (MNA) – Commander of Iran’s Army Major General Seyed Abdolrahim Mousavi no account on Twitter, the Public Relations of the Army announced.
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Iranian Parl. speaker has no account on Twitter: official
TEHRAN, Dec. 29 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has no account on Twitter, said the director of the Parliament’s Cultural and Public Relations Office.
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Iran has developed domestic alternative for Instagram: official
TEHRAN, Dec. 24 (MNA) – Secretary of Iran's Supreme Council of Cyberspace said that Iran is after replacing Instagram with a domestic platform and such an alternative has already been developed.
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We need stronger region rather than strongmen: FM Zarif
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has criticized belligerent politicians in the Middle East, saying the strongmen have only caused war and misery in the region.
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Terrorists behind Chabahar terror attack won't go unpunished: Zarif
TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has condemned this morning’s terrorist attack in the southeastern port city of Chabahar, adding such acts of crimes will not go unpunished.
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US seeks permanent instability by arming Al-Qaeda, ISIL: Zarif
TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has slammed United States’ continuous support for terrorism, saying that the US is currently giving advanced weapons to Al-Qaeda and ISIL in Yemen with the aim of creating permanent instability.
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US hawks’ dream of uprooting Iranian nation not to be realized: Zarif
TEHRAN, Nov. 21 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has lashed out at the US President Donald Trump’s move in calling the Iranian nation ‘terrorist’.