Al-Monitor - Anyone who has been active on Twitter and tweeted about Iran in the past year can attest that the online debate over events in the country has taken a dramatic turn for the hostile. Many Iran observers are perplexed by the sharp increase in vitriol spewed at journalists and analysts. Some speculate that regime-change advocates were ...

IRNA There should be efforts to make the officials of Twitter aware that they are being exploited by terrorist groups, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said elaborating on the country's foreign minister's tweet to its CEO. They are, knowingly or unknowingly, serving the terrorists' interests, Bahram Qasemi said Monday, referring to a recent support ...

IRNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message condemned Twitter for practicing double standards on shuttering Iranian accounts. 'Hello @Jack [Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter]. Twitter has shuttered accounts of real Iranians, incl TV presenters & students, for supposedly being part of an 'influence op',' Zarif tweeted on Sunday....