Iranian President Hassan Rouhani praised young Iranians for using social media to support the Iran Deal during a televised speech on Sunday.
His speech extolled the benefits of the deal, which will lift international sanctions against Iran in exchange for curbing the nation's ability to develop nuclear weapons. Rouhani said he was grateful for the online support.
#Iran prez Rouhani: I thank Iranian youth for what they did in social media, nice graphics, ...— Abas Aslani (@abasinfo) August 2, 2015
in country which social media is filtered, @Rouhani_ir is praising youth 4 work on social media adding he is agnst limiting social media— Hannahkaviani (@Hannahkaviani) August 2, 2015
Rouhani also said he has always been against limiting the use of social media for Iranians.
Rouhani: I have always opposed shutting down social media networks, but of course we seek smart (filtering) plans #LiveRouhani— Ali Noorani (@silentlakephoto) August 2, 2015
Such comments from the Iranian president are always likely to generate attention in a nation that often taken an antagonistic approach to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other social media platforms. All three of those sites are blocked in Iran, though plenty of people circumvent the blocks every day.
As for himself, Rouhani's Twitter account tweets all the time, though he's