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Who censors access to Iran's Khamenei?

A young Iranian cleric explained the vetting process a cleric must go through to give a speech in front of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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A young Iranian cleric lit social media on fire with claims that a censorship committee blocked his speech to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a recent visit with clerics.

Hojat al-Islam Heydar Abbasi, a former student official with Basij Organization, took to his Telegram account to publish the text of his speech that he says caused him to be eliminated as one of those who was to deliver a speech to Khamenei. Abbasi’s speech, which was never delivered, first begins with some of the positive outcomes of the Iranian revolution. However, it quickly dives into his many criticisms.

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