Iran-Linked Accounts Tried To Flood Twitter With Pro-California Independence Tweets During The Coronavirus Pandemic

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Iran-Linked Accounts Tried To Flood Twitter With Pro-California Independence Tweets During The Coronavirus Pandemic
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Not now, Iran!

On April 6, Marcus Ruiz Evans, the president of Yes California posted a “message to the Islamic Republic of Iran”saying a future independent California would have a foreign policy distinct from that of the US.

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