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1st LD: Iran's top leader blames U.S., Israel for inciting recent unrests

Xinhua,January 09, 2018 Adjust font size:

TEHRAN, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday blamed the foreigners, including United States and Israel, for inciting recent unrests in a number of Iranian cities, semi-official ISNA news agency reported.

The plot for the recent unrests in Iran had been developed by the United States and Israel who had been working on their scheme for months, Khamenei said.

The money for carrying out the plot was provided by one of the rich states in the Persian Gulf region, he said, implicitly referring to Saudi Arabia which was also blamed by other Iranian officials over the past days. Enditem