BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 1. The recent unrest in Iran resembled a coup, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said while receiving a group of Iranian citizens in Tehran today on the occasion of the start of the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, TurkicWorld reports.
According to him, the destruction of effective and important centers in the country's governance, such as police stations, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) centers, some state centers, banks, and damage to mosques, shows that these riots resemble a coup.
Khamenei added that, of course, the unrest in the country was suppressed. Unfortunately, there was an attempt to increase the death toll. The rioters wanted the death toll to be higher. Of course, the large number of deaths is also regrettable.
The Supreme Leader of Iran noted that the main goal was to undermine the country's security. If there is no security in the country, there is nothing, no bread, no production, no income, no education, no development.
Protests have been taking place since late December over the sharp depreciation of Iran's national currency, the rial, against foreign currencies, high inflation, and other economic problems. 3,117 people are reported to have died in the protests.
