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Iran’s Khamenei says US, Israel links behind ‘thousands killed’ in protests
- On January 17, 2026, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed President Donald Trump for deaths and destruction, accused the United States and Israel of aiding killings, and said Tehran has evidence with 'several thousand' dead.
- Earlier this month, protests that began Dec. 28 over economic hardship quickly spread nationwide, prompting Iran’s government to shut down internet and mobile services on January 8 to quell unrest.
- Khamenei said U.S. and Israeli agencies trained and recruited agents, rioters were armed with smuggled weapons, and Iran's Ministry of Intelligence arrested 3,000 with more than 22,000 detained.
- He directed state institutions, including the Foreign Ministry, to pursue America's recent crimes through legal means, insisting Iran will not start a war but will punish offenders.
- With connectivity fluctuating, rights groups and inside sources cite widely differing death tolls as a record-long internet blackout affects about 92 million people, complicating independent verification.
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President Donald Trump responded to a series of inflammatory social media posts by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday, after the Ayatollah blamed the United States for deadly protests that have broken out in the Middle Eastern country. “It’s time to look for new leadership in Iran,” Trump told Politico. “The man is a sick man who should run his country properly and stop killing people,” Trump added. “His country is the worst place t…
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The mass protests are an "American conspiracy" and the US president is responsible for thousands of deaths, according to the chief leader of Iran's Khamenei. Shah son Pahlavi calls on his compatriots to new protests.
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