Key Highlights
- Khamenei accused demonstrators of being responsible for thousands of deaths.
- In a speech broadcast by state television, Khamenei said the protests had left “several thousand” people dead — the first indication from an Iranian leader of the extent of the casualties from the wave of protests that began Dec.
- 28 and led to a bloody crackdown.
- Khamenei accuses US of backing unrest “In this revolt, the U. S.
- president made remarks in person, encouraged seditious people to go ahead and said: ‘We do support you, we do support you militarily,'" said Khamenei, who has final say on all state matters.
