Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei claimed that nationwide anti-government protests “were planned by America, the Zionist regime [ie, Israel] and their acolytes. Their main problem is with a strong and independent Iran and the country’s progress… If it were not for the young girl [whose death while in police custody sparked the unrest], they would have invented another excuse to create insecurity and trigger riots in the country”.
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