Iran, China Use Twitter to Bash U.S. for Protest Hypocrisy
- Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweets #BlackLivesMatter
- Adversaries cite demonstrations to advance agendas, chide U.S.
Police officers hold a perimeter behind the metal fence in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 2.
Photographer: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
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As American cities convulse with protests, U.S. adversaries are taking advantage of the situation on social media to advance their agendas and rebuke U.S. government officials, according to a report released Wednesday.
In one instance, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter along with an annotated version of a U.S. State Department release that criticized Tehran’s suppression of protests. Zarif tweaked the document to apply those same criticisms to Washington’s handling of the protests on U.S. soil.