Twitter suspends Iran news agencies over ‘harassment of Baha’is’ (BBC)

Twitter has suspended several Iranian news accounts over alleged harassment of people who follow the Baha’i faith.

Young Journalists Club (YJC), run by state broadcaster IRIB, state-run IRNA, and Mehr were among the Farsi-language accounts suspended on Saturday.

Some agencies, including Fars agency and English-language Press TV, remained active on the site.

The affected agencies speculated that the suspensions were linked to their coverage of tensions in the region. Read more