Iran’s former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has opened a Twitter account, despite having been instrumental in getting it banned in the country, according to The Guardian daily of Great Britain.
Ex-president joins Twitter despite ban in Iran
STEPANAKERT, MARCH 6, ARTSAKHPRESS: One of Ahmadinejad’s first tweets from his personal account was a video in which he called on people to follow him at @Ahmadinejad1956.
“In the name of God Peace be upon all the freedom loving people of the world,” he wrote in English.
The Twitter biography reads: “Husband, dad, grandfather, university professor, president, mayor, proud Iranian.”
Despite the service being blocked for ordinary citizens, many of Iran’s top officials tweet regularly, including the president, Hassan Rouhani, and the foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif.
Iranian users, however, were quick to point out that Twitter was banned after mass protests against Ahmadinejad’s reelection in 2009.
