<p>Facebook Inc. is taking down Instagram posts that express support for Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. strike, CNN reported.</p>.<p>Pictures run by or on behalf of sanctioned people and organizations, as well as posts that commend or support their actions will be removed because the social-media company operates under U.S. laws, a Facebook spokesman said in a statement to the news agency.</p>.<p>The Iranian government has protested by calling for legal action against Facebook’s photo-sharing app, Instagram, one of few western social-media platforms not blocked in the country. A government website also created a portal for users to submit examples of removed posts, Iranian state media reported, according to CNN.</p>.<p>Instagram shut down Soleimani’s personal account last April after the U.S. designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guards a foreign terrorist organization.</p>.<p>Facebook operates under US sanctions laws, “including those related to the US government’s designation of the IRGC and its leadership,” the Facebook spokesman said, according to the report.</p>
<p>Facebook Inc. is taking down Instagram posts that express support for Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. strike, CNN reported.</p>.<p>Pictures run by or on behalf of sanctioned people and organizations, as well as posts that commend or support their actions will be removed because the social-media company operates under U.S. laws, a Facebook spokesman said in a statement to the news agency.</p>.<p>The Iranian government has protested by calling for legal action against Facebook’s photo-sharing app, Instagram, one of few western social-media platforms not blocked in the country. A government website also created a portal for users to submit examples of removed posts, Iranian state media reported, according to CNN.</p>.<p>Instagram shut down Soleimani’s personal account last April after the U.S. designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guards a foreign terrorist organization.</p>.<p>Facebook operates under US sanctions laws, “including those related to the US government’s designation of the IRGC and its leadership,” the Facebook spokesman said, according to the report.</p>