Sputnik - Iran will compile lists of fake and real Twitter accounts and send it to Twitter to assess whether the network's bans of Iranian users' accounts was done in a fair manner, Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi told Sputnik.




"We have asked our research center with�the ministry to�make a list of�real and fake accounts of�Iranian users. We will send it to�Twitter to�assess how conscientious the social network is about�bans. We will then see whether real bots will be blocked," the minister said.

Jahromi said that Twitter blocked some real users alongside�fake accounts in�the Iranian sector of�the network, but�a group of�fake accounts set up�by an anti-government campaign was not blocked.

The move was taken after�in mid-September Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif criticized Twitter over�blocking accounts of�Iranians over�alleged involvement in�influence campaigns. Zarif suggested that Twitter look at�bots spreading propaganda against�the Iranian government instead.

In August, Google removed 58 accounts with�links to�Iran over�politically motivated content, while Facebook deleted hundreds of�accounts that it believed to�be part of�political influence campaigns.