Iran Supreme Leader Khameini’s ‘Hezbollah is the victor’ gets brutally fact checked by Elon Musk’s Community Notes
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, recently claimed on X that “Hezbollah is the victor,” but Community Notes contributors quickly refuted this, pointing out Hezbollah’s leadership losses in Israeli strikes. Among those killed were Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the group’s Secretary-General, and several other high-ranking leaders like Nabil Kaouk, Ibrahim Kobeissi, and Ibrahim Aqil. This series of airstrikes in 2024 has significantly weakened Hezbollah’s leadership and capabilities. Elon Musk praised Community Notes for fact-checking Khamenei’s claim. The system, launched in 2021 as Birdwatch and rebranded in 2022, relies on volunteers to provide accurate context to misleading posts.