The former president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has been challenged in an interview about his time in power, which was marked by international criticism of his country's human rights record and a clampdown on freedoms.
RFE interviewer Golnaz Esfandiari asked the former president:"You tweet in English and there were reports that you have an English teacher. Do you write the tweets yourself or do you consult with someone?" Ex-Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on April 12, 2017. Ahmadinejad was challenged in an interview with Radio Free Europe about his use of Twitter which was banned when he was president.Ahmadinejad replied:"I don't recall," before Esfandiari added:"It is filtered. Twitter is filtered, Facebook is filtered."
Iran banned Twitter in 2009, as it was being used by protesters to communicate following the disputed presidential election that year—although many used circumvention tools.Without any announcement, Iranian authorities partially unblocked Twitter in November 2016. This was followed by a spike in usage of the microblogging site for millions of Iranians, according to the Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
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I just want to make sure you're not telling me they're banning social media entirely because of US sanctions.