Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei on Saturday held US President Donald Trump responsible for causing casualties, damage and defamation to Iranians during protests, calling him a “criminal” as the country’s death toll exceeded 3,000, according to a human rights watchdog.
Khamenei further warned that his government “will not let domestic or international criminals go unpunished.” He claimed that “persons linked to Israel and the US caused enormous damage and killed several thousand people” in the protests.
Iran has been rocked by anti-government protests calling for the overthrow of the government led by Ayatollah Khamenei, in which more than 3,000 people have been killed, activists said on Saturday. Meanwhile, some reports claimed the protest-hit country saw a “very slight increase” in internet activity after the eight-day blackout.
“The latest anti-Iranian uprising was different in that the American president was personally involved,” Iranian media quoted Khamenei as saying, Reuters reported.
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