As Iran experiences the sixth day of nationwide protests, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addressed the ongoing unrest. During his weekly meeting Jan. 2 with the families of those killed in the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s, Khamenei said that enemies of the Islamic Republic of Iran are using the protests to strike a blow against the government.
“In the events of the last few days, enemies of Iran with various tools at their disposal, such as money, arms, politics and security apparatuses, have allied to create problems for the Islamic Republic,” Khamenei said. As for the cause of the protests, Khamenei noted, “I have some things to say about these matters, and I will speak to the people about them.”