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Iran's supreme leader joins Great Satan's No. 1 social network

Last summer Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei opened an Instagram account. Now he's on Facebook.

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, also known as Iran's Supreme Leader, is turning into quite the social butterfly, so to speak. Over the summer, Khamenei joined Instagram, and now it appears Iran's most powerful person is on Facebook as well.

The page went live December 13 and so far has been liked by nearly 5,000 users. Hat tip to Brian Fung at the Atlantic for the pointer.