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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Maziar Motamedi

‘Who’s the dictator?’ asks Iran’s Raisi as protests continue

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a ceremony at Students' Day at Tehran University in Tehran, Iran, on December 7, 2022 [Presidential Website/West Asia News Agency (WANA)/Handout via Reuters]

Tehran, Iran – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has once again denounced the United States amid his country’s continuing anti-government protests.

The president visited Tehran University on Wednesday morning, where he delivered a speech to mark Students’ Day, and reiterated that there was a distinction between protests and “riots” – a word authorities regularly use to describe the country’s unrest, which has lasted close to three months.

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