Tehran 0
27 November 2019

Referring to protests in Iran following the government’s decision to raise gas prices on 15 November, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei contended that “the enemies had spent a great amount of money designing this conspiracy and were waiting for an opportunity to implement it with destruction, killing and villainy. They assumed that the matter of [the policies on] petrol was the desired opportunity they were looking for and brought their army onto the scene”. “The Iranian nation quashed the enemy’s movement with its magnificent display”, Khamenei added.

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