Khamenei On Iran Protesters: ‘The Islamic System Will Punish These Criminals’

Speaking to students in Tehran, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed “foreign services” for the recent wave of protests across Iran, and said anyone connected with these “will no doubt be punished, God willing.”

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[ACuriousSquirrel]

Whew, look at that religion of peace and love being so peaceful and compassionate to those wanting change.

[TheWoodsroamer]

Take an old man without the ability to think conceptually and unable to accept the inevitability of change, and add to that a deeply flawed religious dogma and you have the makings of a great sorrow.

[Dr.Blockchain]

The master of hallucination is in charge.

[amycoffin]

He has admitted that he will blame all foreign journalists, photographers, etc. for all the recent protests, and punish them.

[maxhorowitz]

There's perhaps no country in the world with greater gap between the regime & society than 🇮🇷. We've a regime which in many ways resembles 🇰🇵 & a society which likes to be 🇰🇷. It’s a regime led by a geriatric reactionary old man. A society of young modern ppl.

[deepittman]

He call the protesters criminals... what about the reason they're protesting? Isn't that criminal?🤔

[manouchehrjavidan]

Marg bar Khamenei va familesh va tamame Aakhound ha va eslam.

[ssqgfkr]

the bravest man on earth. True leader.

[nigeljohnson]

Interesting that this old man is so interested in young girls fashion.
In the West such behaviour would be regarded as creepy and suspicious.
The religious dress code for women say more about the lechery and lack of control of Iranian men, than it does about the modesty of iranian women. It appears that the Iranian people have discovered that their government has little connection to their religion.

[sheldor]

As a persian speaker I'm so impressed how you're lying about someone... He's bot talking about any protester. He's talking about the ones who are spreading terrorism in iran, in the name of "freedom"

[alibajwa]

He is a great man. He knows how to serve his country and how to protect it from foreign invaders.

[sina_]

Not only he failed at being a leader he also failed at giving a normal lecture

[paisiranpayez]

Please don’t use name of Iran for existing regime . This is Molahs’ regime who are against Iran and Iranian culture has nothing to do with people of Iran

[mahsa]

Dinosaurs are extinct, I don’t understand how this one is still alive in 2022! 🦖

[Styler]

Fight on, there is no other choice, for the freedom of life and nation.
We are any many and strong er when we of one mind, one Iran

[soewin]

Khameni as a criminal for abusing women's rights & human rights, is being severely punished by brave Islamic women and New Generation of 21st century.

[MrYtuarte]

Unite in the light or the cycle of pain will continue to repeat

[Benzijune]

I wonder if he believes what he is saying ⁉️

[reality]

You promised to Persian people a normal, simple life. You have failed. No country is interested in changing the mind of the people of Iran. Stop blaming other countries for your failure! Stop creating enemies for them! They are tired of all of your lies. Do you want to say there is no one other than you in the country with up to 70 million people have a chance to change their lives ? You should leave them alone. You couldn’t do anything for them in almost half a century. 😢

[USER-yyyq]

I think it is only normal for a country to care about their national security when it comes to the meddling of foreign services. Haven't we seen how protests are handled in France...