News - Middle East: Meta Platforms, Inc., the American company that runs and owns Instagram, has removed the accounts belonging to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on the social media platform.

The company removed Ayatollah Khamenei's Persian- and English-language accounts on Thursday.
The move came following months of incessant campaigning by pro-Israeli groups, which are known for wielding immense influence and interfering in major decision-making processes across the United States, the Israeli regime's biggest ally.
Meta has been indulging in taking down pro-Palestinian content across Instagram and Facebook, which is likewise owned by the company, since October 7, 2023, when the Israeli regime began a genocidal war against the Gaza Strip.
The company has censored hundreds of instances of such content amid growing calls by Palestinians' supporters for cessation of the military onslaught that has so far claimed the lives of at least 27,840 people, mostly women, children, and adolescents.
The takedown came on the same day as Sayyed Khamenei said the ongoing catastrophic incidents in the Gaza Strip were a tragedy for the Muslim world and the entire humanity.