Twitter has suspended several Iranian news accounts over alleged harassment of people who follow the Baha’i faith.

Accounts suspended included state-run news agency and Young Journalists Club which is run by a state broadcaster IRIB.

The affected agencies speculated the suspensions were linked to their coverage of tensions in the region.

In particular, they believed they were being penalised for their reporting of Iran’s seizure of a British-flagged tanker in the Gulf on Friday.

A Twitter source confirmed to several news outlets, including the BBC, that the accounts were suspended for coordinated and targeted harassment of people associated with Baha’i, a minority faith in Iran.