– Iran’s Khamenei Condemns Trump Over Anti-Government Protests

IranS Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed president Trump for teh deaths and injuries of protestors during ⁢recent demonstrations that shook the Middle Eastern country.

“We hold the American president guilty for the casualties, damages and accusations he has levelled against the Iranian nation,” he said, according to the Agence France-presse news agency. Khamenei was speaking to a crowd of supporters during an address marking a religious holiday.

Khamenei also described the protests as an “American conspiracy” and accused the United⁢ States of trying to “put Iran back under military, political and economic domination.” He also called Mr. Trump a “criminal,” Reuters said.

“The latest anti-Iran sedition was different in that the U.S. president personally became involved,” ⁣Khamenei said, according to Reuters.

The protests began as demonstrations against economic ⁤hardship and snowballed quickly into nationwide protests against the Islamic Republic’s leadership.

The demonstrations raged for more than two weeks before authorities began a brutal crackdown. Iran’s Internet was shut down late last week, and facts from within ⁤the country is still hard to come by. Two sources inside the Islamic Republic, including one inside Iran who was able to call out of the country on Tuesday, told CBS News that at least 12,000 and possibly as many as 20,000 people are feared to have been killed. ⁤Thousands of others were arrested and are now