Protests in Iran: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accuses the United States and Israel
In a speech on October 3, 2022, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused sworn enemies the United States and Israel of fomenting the protest movement.
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As protests against the death of Mahsa Amini and against power continue across the country, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei intervened for the first time on Monday October 3 to denounce a plot by the United States and Israel to destabilize Iran.
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With our correspondent in Tehran,
Siavosh Ghazi
A little more than two weeks after the protests against the regime began, Iran's number one intervened to claim that the United States and Israel had planned unrest to weaken Iran.
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A young girl has died.
It is a painful event that saddens us.
But these disturbances had been planned.
This is the work of the United States and the usurping Zionist puppet regime.
They planned all of this in advance.
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In his speech to senior members of the armed forces and military cadets, he supported the action of the police and security forces against the demonstrators.
The speech comes as new protests have unfolded across the country, including young schoolgirls who demonstrated after lifting their headscarves and shouting anti-government slogans.
Similarly, rallies were held in several universities across the country in support
of students at Sharif University in Tehran
, after security forces violently intervened on Sunday evening to disperse protesting students.
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