TEHRAN: Enemies of Iran in recent days have utilized various means,including money, weapons, politics and intelligence apparatuses, to createproblems for the Islamic system, a Tuesday report on the website ofAyatollah Ali Khamenei quoted him as saying.
Iran’s Supreme Leader, who has the final say on all state matters, did notname any country but said he would explain more in the near future.
This is the first time Khamenei has commented publicly since protests overinflation and economic corruption began on Thursday in Mashhad and spreadto other cities.
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani,however, named the Saudi government and its allies as the forces behind therecent unrest in Iran that has left at least 12 dead, Xinhua reported onTuesday.
Speaking in an interview withPress TV, Shamkhani accused the Kingdom aswell as the United States and Great Britain of waging a proxy war againstIran through Twitter and other social media website.
“Based on our analyses, around 27 percent of the new hashtags against Iranare generated by the Saudi government,” he said in the interview.
Shamkhani was also quoted as saying that “Iran’s progress in differentspheres” is the reason its rivals are scheming against the Islamic republic.
The SNSC secretary, however, made it clear that Tehran is not bothered bythe recent wave of protests and that things would boil down to normal in amatter of days.
“What is happening in Iran will be over in a few days, and there is noreason to worry at all,” Shamkhani said.