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Twitter suspends account of Iranian Supreme Leader after apparent Trump threat

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a televised speech, in Tehran

DUBAI (Reuters) - Twitter suspended an account linked to Iran's Supreme Leader on Friday, hours after it carried the image of a golfer resembling former President Donald Trump apparently being targeted by a drone alongside a vow to avenge the killing of a top Iranian general in a U.S. drone attack.

The post, on a Persian-language account linked to Khamenei's website, had carried the text of remarks by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in December, in which he said "Revenge is certain". That speech renewed a vow of vengeance ahead of the first anniversary of the killing of top military commander General Qassem Soleimani in the attack in Iraq.

(Reporting by Dubai newsroom; Editing by Michael Perry and Philippa Fletcher)