Sanctioned Iran leader Mojtaba Khamenei gets another blue checkmark on X — then it disappears

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X Premium briefly displayed a blue verification check on Mojtaba Khamenei's English-language X account despite U.S. Treasury OFAC sanctions that bar U.S. entities from dealing with him. The Tech Transparency Project and CNBC flagged the verification, and X removed the paid checkmark after CNBC asked the company about the account. The incident follows earlier reports of blue checkmarks on Iranian government-linked accounts and raises questions about how X enforces its policy prohibiting sanctioned individuals from subscribing. The U.S. Treasury said it takes allegations of sanctionable conduct seriously while X (and its parent holdings) did not publicly comment on the specific verification.

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