THE LATEST | CANADABBC: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called anti-government protesters “troublemakers” and “a bunch of vandals” just trying “to please the president of the US”.
He accused crowds of destroying buildings because Donald Trump said he “supports you”. Trump has warned Iran that if it kills protesters, the US would “hit” the country “very hard”…
The Guardian: Iran’s supreme leader has vowed that authorities will not back down in the face of a rapidly growing protest movement, setting the stage for an intensified violent crackdown on the second day of a nationwide internet shutdown…
CBC: as the current protests — which began as a strike over Iran’s failing economy — near the two-week mark and continue to spread with a rising death toll, some believe Iran’s ruling clerics are facing an unprecedented threat, in part because of U.S. President Donald Trump’s moves on Venezuela…