[ April 19, 2024 ]
Iran’s supreme leader sent out a scathing criticism of foreign nations, including America, for what he called meddlesome policies that he said has caused the current mayhem in Iran.
What’s happening in Iran right now?
Here’s a refresher:
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So far, more than a dozen have died.
And to Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, it’s America’s fault.
Fox News has more:
Iran’s supreme leader lashed out at the Islamic republic’s “enemies” as the death toll from widespread protests rose to at least 20 and the theocratic regime faced its biggest internal threat since the so-called “green movement” of 2009.
On his official website, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed “enemies of Iran” on Tuesday after at least nine more people were reported killed in violent clashes with security forces.
In protests around the terror-sponsoring nation, demonstrators have chanted “death to the dictator” and clashed openly with police and military officials.
State TV reported that six people were killed during an attack on a police station in the town of Qahdarijan. It reported that clashes were sparked by rioters who tried to steal guns from the police station.
Official media also said an 11-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man were killed in the town of Khomeinishahr, while a member of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was killed in the town of Najafabad. It said all three were shot by hunting rifles, which are common in the Iranian countryside.
The towns are all in Iran’s central Isfahan province, some 215 miles south of Tehran.
The demonstrations, lasting six days so far, have resulted in a death toll of at least 20 people.
The protests, which began Thursday in Mashhad, are the largest to strike Iran since the country’s disputed 2009 presidential election. Some protesters have been chanting against the government and the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.Hundreds of people have been arrested and a prominent judge on Tuesday warned that some could face death penalty trials.
In comments posted to his official website, Khamenei appeared to blame foreign nations for at least exacerbating the unrest gripping Iran.
“In the recent days’ incidents, enemies of Iran utilized various means — including money, weapon, politics and intelligence apparatuses — to create problems for the Islamic system,” he said.Khamenei said he would elaborate further in the coming days.
On Monday, Israel’s prime minister wished Iran’s protesters “success in their noble quest for freedom.”
Calling the protesters “brave” and “heroic,” Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video posted to YouTube on Monday that the protesters sought freedom, justice and “the basic liberties that have been denied to them for decades.”
He criticized the Iranian regime’s response to the protests and also chided European governments for watching “in silence” as the protests turn violent.
Although the demonstrations were initially focused on economic hardships and alleged corruption, they turned into political rallies, Reuters reported.
Many Iranians were angry about foreign interventions and wish for their leaders to create jobs at home, where youth unemployment hit 29 percent last year, the report said.
One security officer was reported to have been killed Monday, Reuters reported, marking the first fatality among Iran’s security forces.
In Tehran alone, about 450 protesters have been arrested in the last three days, the semi-official ILNA news agency reported. Authorities have not released a nationwide figure for arrests so far.
Musa Ghazanfarabadi, head of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court, warned protesters Tuesday that those arrested could face the death penalty when they come to trial.
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15 Comments
6 years ago
mass murderer khamenei https://quran.com/4/89
https://www.instagram.com/p/BdBmdiLn9ZQ/
6 years ago
The Iranian mullahs will fall eventually, like it or not! I hope the Persians can somehow renounce Islam one day — forever! 🙂
6 years ago
Reply to
R. Arandas
never going to happen , once you allow islam in your country , its only a matter of time…..the USA havs already been invaded , Belgium is gone , holland is gone , england is on its last legs , france is gone, germany soon , greece is gone , italy almost dome and sweden is almost gone
6 years ago
Reply to
Rachel Pancake Corrie
Geez Rachael , if you think .001 to 7% of a foreign invading force can invade all of the West and The USA
your as deluded as the jihadists …ppfftt
Bring it..
.DEPORT THEM ALL.
6 years ago
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6 years ago
OT
Nigeria: Muslim gunmen murder 14 churchgoers 3/141 -> https://quran.com/9/5, 29-30, 8/17, 9/14-15 returning from midnight service
Jan 2, 2018 12:05 pm By Robert Spencer
‘If the gunmen were Christian and the people were killed leaving a mosque, then the international media would be interested. But about this, no.’
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/01/nigeria-muslim-gunmen-murder-14-churchgoers-returning-from-midnight-service
6 years ago
Reply to
Thorsten
The Religion of Peace website has the number now at 17 killed, 9 injured and also mentions some of the women were raped.
6 years ago
Color me curious. How, pray tell, does restricting visas, to enter the United States of America, cause economic conditions in Persia?
D
6 years ago
Throwing off the Bags of Islam 🙂
6 years ago
A few public executions and the whole thing will be over.
6 years ago
Of cause, like usual according to their rule book they are always the victims and someone else is causing their problems. They will have, like usual an orgy of hangings and killings but their “supreme leader” will eventually fall and so he should. Iran was once a civilized country and perhaps will be a civilized country again one day. Let’s hope so. ,
6 years ago
Just business as usual.
Blame the jews, the west, and don’t pry into Iran’s religious leaders finances. Seize the opportunity to claim the excuse “this is why Iran needs to go nuclear”.
6 years ago
Blaming others is an old trick the “Assahola” saw perfected by Obhammud. He always had a fall guy in the wings in case any command decisions flopped. Had the bin Laden raid failed, Admiral McRaven, the head of SpecOps, was lined up to take the blame.
6 years ago
The CIA did the same thing in many countries and it worked….. American Occupied Ukraine is a good example , It all most worked in Turkey.
