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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran President Blames US for Stoking Anti-Govt Protests

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a funeral procession for a group of unknown Iranian soldiers who were killed during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, whose remains were recently recovered from former battlefields, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. (AP)

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi lashed out at the United States and its allies on Tuesday, accusing them of fomenting anti-government protests that have been underway in Iran for over three months.

Iran has been shaken by mass protests since mid-September over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman who died after being detained by the country’s morality police.

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