X could be breaching US sanctions on Iran, watchdog warns

<>The newly verified X account for Iran’s supreme leader could be putting the company on the wrong side of US sanctions, according to a watchdog group. The Tech Transparency Project, which last month published < class="link" href="https://www.techtransparencyproject.org/articles/iranian-officials-get-premium-treatment-on-x-amid-protester-crackdown" target="_blank">a report on X granting premium perks to sanctioned officials in Iran, now says that the verified account for the country’s new leader raises fresh questions about the issue. 

<>The TTP < class="link" href="https://x.com/TTP_updates/status/2032132567760015728" target="_blank">notes that the X account for Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, appears to be paying for an X premium subscription despite being on the US government’s list of sanctioned individuals < class="link" href="https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20191104" target="_blank">since 2019. As the group points out, the Iran-based account