Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, on Sunday backed the government's decision to raise gasoline prices and called angry protesters who have been setting fire to public property over the hike"thugs."
Masked young men have been seen on debris-strewn streets setting buildings ablaze in footage that has been aired on state TV, which rarely shows any signs of dissent.Its commander Brigadier General Gholamreza Soleimani accused Iran's archenemy the United States of instigating the unrest and said "America's plot failed," according to semi-official news agency ISNA.
Iran slammed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after he tweeted "the United States is with you" on Saturday in response to the demonstrations. "It's curious that the sympathising is being done with the people who are under the pressure of America's economic terrorism," he said, referring to sanctions.Germany called on Monday for dialogue between the government and "legitimate" protesters in Iran.
The plan agreed by a council made up of the president, parliament speaker and judiciary chief comes at a sensitive time ahead of February parliamentary elections.Khamenei blamed "hooligans" for damaging property and said "all the centres of the world's wickedness against us have cheered" the unrest.
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