In a televised speech, Ali Khamenei described the protesters as rioters and harmful individuals and said Trump's hands were stained with Iranian blood. According to The New York Times, he ordered the Supreme National Security Council the same day to crush the protests 'by any means necessary'.
Khamenei calls protesters 'rioters' in televised speech
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