Iran protests: religious leader blames US and Israel
Created: 10/06/2022 10:56 am
By: Tim Vincent Dicke
Thousands of people demonstrate against oppression in Iran.
Supreme Leader Khamenei suspects the West is behind the protests.
Protests in Iran continue after Mahsa Amini's death.
Demonstrations in Qom:
riots reach religious strongholds
Update from Thursday, October 6, 10:51 a.m .:
The spiritual leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has described the protests within the country as hostile.
The enemy - the West, the USA and Israel - are knitting a "conspiracy" against the Islamic Republic, Khamenei said in a speech to the military.
They wanted to "destroy the security of the country."
Ali Khamenei in Tehran © KHAMENEI.IR /AFP
The West is “not only against the Islamic Republic.
They are against Iran.
The US is opposed to a strong and independent Iran,” the Supreme Leader said.
The protests are not about equal rights for women or the strict headscarf requirement that applies in Iran.
Protests in Iran reach religious strongholds
First report from Thursday, October 6th:
Tehran – The protests in Iran against the ruling regime continue.
Meanwhile, the Islamic Republic's judiciary has ruled out any connection between the death of a teenager and the ongoing anti-government protests in the country.
No gunshot wounds were found on the body of Nika Shahkarami, who was killed in September.
The incident has "nothing to do with the recent disturbances".
Meanwhile, new images of protests by young people against the Islamic Republic's state power keep emerging.
According to videos circulating on the short message service Twitter, women in the city of Isfahan shouted “Woman-Life-Freedom”.
In Qom, protesters chanted "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, we are all together".
The Iranian-German ARD journalist Natalie Amiri was impressed on Twitter.
Amiri regularly reports on what is happening in the country.
Ghom is "next to Mashad THE religious stronghold in #Iran," she wrote on the platform.
(with agencies)
