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Ayatollah Warns Iranians: "I am Following You All on Twitter"

Jun. 19, 2009
In a nationally televised speech in Iran today, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei ordered his countrymen not to stage further protests, warning the nation, "I am following you all on Twitter." To back up his words, the Supreme Leader then displayed his Twitter account page, showing that...
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