Iran’s new supreme leader makes a verified X debut amid war tensions

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Iran’s newly appointed supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has a verified X account (@Rahbarenghelab_) and used it to post about Iran’s response to U.S.–Israel actions, including preserving leverage over the Strait of Hormuz and calling for regional neighbors to clarify their stance, while a tech watchdog criticizes X for blue-checks on sanctioned Iranian entities.
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