People closely associated with former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad say the ex-president manages his own Twitter account and writes his own tweets.
Other observers and analysts said Ahmadinejad is using Twitter to remain politically relevant, both inside Iran and internationally, despite having been shunned by both conservative and moderate factions within the government.when he refused to support Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s reinstatement of the country’s intelligence chief.
“Ahmadinejad himself knows that he and his cronies and close advisors will never be qualified to run for any high-ranking job as long as the current supreme leader is alive or old guards are in power,” Juni said. “He is trying to buy time so that if there’s any leadership change in the future, he and his cronies can come back to power.”
Critics say Ahmadinejad’s use of Twitter is ironic given that it was during his presidency in 2009 that Iranian authorities banned Facebook and Twitter, following the brutal crackdown on protesters in demonstrations known as the Green Revolution. Since then, the government has blocked thousands of websites as well as YouTube and the messaging app Telegram and have considered blocking Instagram.
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