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Supreme leader wants 10 million Iranians to memorize Quran

Iran’s supreme leader has tweeted controversial statements on numerous occasions, which has sometimes led to censorship from the social media giant.

A picture taken on April 24, 2018, shows Iranians reading the Quran.
A picture taken on April 24, 2018, shows Iranians reading the Quran as they sit in a mosque in the city of Tabriz in Iran's northwestern East-Azerbaijan province. — ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wants more Iranians to memorize the Quran. 

“We should be able to train 10 million Iranian people who have memorized the #Quran," Khameini tweeted today in a reference to the Islamic holy book. 

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