Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed Iran’s “enemies” on Tuesday for stoking the biggest protests against the Islamic regime in almost a decade.
In his first comments since the unrest erupted last week, the supreme leader said Iran’s foes had “closed ranks to make problems for the Islamic system”. He said they were using “money, weapons, politics and security apparatuses” to foment the protests.
Mr Khamenei did not identify the “enemies” to whom he was referring. But Ali Shamkhani, the regime’s top security official, said on Monday that the protests were a proxy war through social media guided by the US, the UK and Saudi Arabia against Iran.
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