Twitter on Saturday announced it had permanently banned an account linked to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei over a video threatening former US President Donald Trump, AFP reported.
The account in question, @KhameneiSite, is not one of the supreme leader's main accounts, which still remain active.The account recently posted a CGI animated video that depicted Trump's assassination.
The video, entitled "Revenge is inevitable," was created as part of a contest commemorating the January 3, 2020 killing of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in a US drone strike in Iraq. Trump was in office then, and was held responsible by the Iranian government.In the video, an Iranian drone vehicle sneaks onto a golf course where the former president is playing. The drone paints him with a laser, and an Iranian hacker sends one of his entourage a message that says "Soleimani's murderer and the one who gave the order will pay the price." The shadow of a drone then flies over Trump, targeting him. The video ends with the words "Revenge is definite."