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[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-bans-bnn-accounts-founded-by-former-tech-ceo-gurbaksh-chahal-2022-6

Looked like a weird website and turns out it is pretty sketchy

Edit: https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/493018/Door-open-for-women-s-political-social-activities-in-Islam

There’s another article about how he still treats women poorly, based on comments earlier this week. And it’s even pro-Ayotollah, but still clear how bad he is

[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 13 points 11 months ago

This stuff is all a show. He's a smart man who understands that by slowly doling out small changes he can appear progressive on the broader world stage, which shields his government from international criticism.

[-] Krause@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 11 months ago

just write "iran bad" next time and be done with it, you don't need to boot lick twitter for that

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 11 months ago

Started in 2015, the account appears to have gained followers during the height of the pandemic as one that posted daily coronavirus case numbers. It's since morphed into an account that posts about daily news events with no links to published stories or citations.

Thanks for the links. I'll ignore this until it's reported somewhere reputable.

[-] filoria@lemmy.ml -5 points 11 months ago

It's translating a statement from Khamenei. Not the hardest thing in the world.

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

Good, then it should be done by a legitimate source, not a spam one that is known for not citing sources.

[-] RedWizard@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 11 months ago

So I guess Alex Jones is a legitimate source then.

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