Iranian authorities have blocked the Instagram account of a Tehran restaurant after it posted an apparently playful message reading, “Nothing beats Bibi’s cutlet.” The slogan used a politically sensitive reference to “Bibi,” a nickname for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and “cutlet,” a term used online to mock senior Iranian officials killed in attacks. Officials labeled the post criminal content and ordered the account closed, although the restaurant did not explicitly make a political statement about the country’s leaders directly
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