Instagram removes posts supporting martyred Iranian nuclear scientist

Social media activists voiced anger over Instagram’s biased move to remove posts that show regret for the martyrdom or support Fakhrizadeh, reported by ABNA.

Fakhrizadeh's car was targeted by an explosion and machinegun fire in Damavand's Absard 40 kilometers to the East of Tehran on Friday.

The nuclear scientist and one of his companions were immediately taken to a nearby hospital but he could not be saved.

Early in 2018, the Israeli sources had acknowledged that Mossad had tried to assassinate an Iranian nuclear scientist, but its operation failed. 

In a similar move in January 2020, the American photo- and video-sharing platform, Instagram, had also purged against the users reacting to the US assassination of Iranian anti-terrorist struggle icon Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.

Instagram had either deleted the accounts belonging to many Iranians, who were using the social networking service to communicate their devastation at the tragedy, or eliminated relevant content posted by them.