LONDON: Iran?s Supreme Leader on Tuesday accused the country?s enemies of stirring unrest as the death toll from anti-government demonstrations that began last week rose to 21.Nine Iranians were killed in Isfahan province during protests on Monday night, including two members of the security forces, state television said. Six protesters were killed during an attack on a police station in the town of Qahderijan. The governor of Falavarjan County said the protesters were armed. The deputy provincial governor of Tehran said police have arrested more than 450 protesters in the capital over the past three days as security forces struggle to contain the boldest challenge to Iran?s clerical leadership since unrest in 2009. In his first reaction to the unrest, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said: "In recent days, enemies of Iran used different tools including cash, weapons, politics and intelligence apparatus to create troubles for the Islamic Republic.? Khamenei said on his website that he would address the nation about the recent events "when the time is right". He did not mention any enemies by name but Ali Shamkhani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, said the United States, Britain and Saudi Arabia were behind the recent riots in Iran.
01-03-2018, 07:53 AM
Khamenei blames enemies as unrest toll 21
العرض العادي
