Iran blames Israel, US for protests.“I say explicitly that these riots and this insecurity were a design by the US and the occupying, fake Zionist regime [Israel] and those who are paid by them, and some traitorous Iranians abroad helped them,” Khamenei told graduating cadets at a police university in Tehran.
“In the accident that happened, a young woman passed away, which also pained us, but reactions to her death before investigations [take place] … when some come to make the streets insecure, burn Qurans, take hijabs off covered women, and burn mosques and people’s cars – they’re not a normal, natural reaction,” Khamenei said
“They feel that the country is progressing towards full-scale power and they can’t tolerate this,” Khamenei said.
“I have lived among ethnic Baluchis and they are deeply loyal to the Islamic Republic,” Khamenei said. “The ethnic Kurds are also among one of the most advanced groups in Iran who love their homeland, Islam and the establishment.”
