"Khamenei said the demonstrators were "ruining their own streets to make the president of another country happy," in reference to US President Donald Trump, who has threatened US strikes on Iran if protesters are killed. In an apparent reference to last year's brief war between Iran and Israel, which was supported by the US, Khamenei said Trump's hands were "stained with the blood of more than a thousand Iranians.""
"Khamenei said the "arrogant" US president would face a similar fate to the shah of Iran, who was overthrown in the 1979 revolution, which established the current clerical regime. "Last night in Tehran, a bunch of vandals came and destroyed a building that belongs to them to please the US president," Khamenei told his supporters, as men and women in the audience chanted "Death to America.""
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei insisted the clerical regime will not back down amid growing social unrest and rare public calls for regime change and his ouster. He labeled protesters "vandals" and "saboteurs" and accused them of ruining their own streets to please US President Donald Trump. He linked US actions and support for Israel to violence, saying Trump's hands were "stained with the blood of more than a thousand Iranians." He warned the US president would face a fate similar to the shah, recounted alleged vandalism in Tehran, and heard supporters chant "Death to America."
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