TEHRAN – Presidential contender Es’haq Jahangiri has launched a Twitter account, the candidate wrote in a post on Instagram on Wednesday.

He told his fans they would be able to follow him at @eshaq_jahangiri and announced that other accounts are not affiliated with him.

On the same day, ICT Minister Mahmoud Vaezi accused “rivals” of adopting double standards in relation to social media.

“The ones who used to ban social media have now mass-purchased Telegram channels for their campaign,” the minister said.

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