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Iran’s foreign minister is a Twitter troll

By Tom Rogan
Published November 9, 2017 4:14pm ET
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On Oct. 22, Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif claimed that the U.S. is stealing Iraq from its people. The next day, Zarif claimed that U.S. policy is driven by the arms trade and Iran's policy by the pursuit of mutual understanding. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) | Richard Drew

When he’s not taking orders from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif is trolling people on Twitter. Here’s what he’s been up to over the past couple of weeks.

On Oct. 22, Zarif claimed that the U.S. is stealing Iraq from its people. This is a popular Iranian claim, but one with a simple, sustaining purpose: to distract from Iran’s effort to steal Iraqi and Lebanese democracy.

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