Trump lauds Iranian protesters for condemning Assail’s regime

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised Iranian protesters, saying they were “finally acting against the brutal and corrupt” regime in Tehran, even as Iran’s supreme leader accused the government’s enemies of stirring the violent anti-government demonstrations.

According to VOA report,Trump contended in a Twitter comment that “all of the money” that his predecessor, former President Barack Obama, “so foolishly gave” Iran as part of a 2015 international agreement to control Iran’s nuclear weapons development programme “went into terrorism and into their ‘pockets.’ The people have little food, big inflation and no human rights. The U.S. is watching!”

After Trump’s attack, the Iranian foreign ministry said, “Instead of wasting his time sending useless and insulting tweets regarding other countries, he would be better off seeing to the domestic issues of his own country, such as daily killings of dozens of people… and the existence of millions of homeless and hungry people.”

Earlier, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a statement shown on state television, “In recent days, enemies of Iran used different tools, including cash, weapons, politics and intelligence apparatus to create troubles for the Islamic Republic.” Khamenei said he would address the nation about the anti-government protests “when the time is right.”

Ali Shamkhani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, accused the United States, Britain and Saudi Arabia of fomenting the protests in Iran.

“Saudis will receive Iran’s unexpected response and they know how serious it can be,” Shamkhani said in a television interview.
The death toll from six days of protests over economic conditions and Iran’s military ventures in Syria, Iraq and Yemen has now reached at least 21, with another nine killed overnight.

The government said six people were killed at a police station in the town of Qahdarijan in clashes that began as rioters tried to steal guns.