It took Washington all of two days to jump behind the large popular protests over gas price hikes which gripped cities across Iran since Friday.
Over the weekend the US State Department predictably came out in favor of more protests, in a volatile situation in the sanctions-ravaged country which has already witnessed multiple demonstrators killed and over a thousands arrested, and banks and gas stations torched in anger over soaring gas prices.
Given Uncle Sam is all too eager to hijack any Iranian domestic protests for the purpose of 'regime change' in what's currently a middle and lower class driven movement over the deteriorating economic situation and drastic change in policy which saw petrol subsidies suddenly slashed, this could be the very recipe which brings the unrest to a halt.
Khamenei blamed opponents and foreign enemies for "Sabotage" after multiple banks and gas stations were torched over the weekend.
The top cleric further signaled a severe crackdown is coming as protests were reported to have hit 100 cities across the country of 80 million people.
New video emerging from Monday protests and clashes with police appears to show some incidents of security forces using 'live fire' to disperse the crowds.
While protests began on Friday, they appeared to get more confrontational by Saturday, as police were filmed using riot control measures against crowds, and with some reports of deadly force being used by police, as has been the case over the past month in neighboring Iraq.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-publicly-backs-iran-protests-khamenei-says-crackdown-thugs-coming
Over the weekend the US State Department predictably came out in favor of more protests, in a volatile situation in the sanctions-ravaged country which has already witnessed multiple demonstrators killed and over a thousands arrested, and banks and gas stations torched in anger over soaring gas prices.
Given Uncle Sam is all too eager to hijack any Iranian domestic protests for the purpose of 'regime change' in what's currently a middle and lower class driven movement over the deteriorating economic situation and drastic change in policy which saw petrol subsidies suddenly slashed, this could be the very recipe which brings the unrest to a halt.
Khamenei blamed opponents and foreign enemies for "Sabotage" after multiple banks and gas stations were torched over the weekend.
The top cleric further signaled a severe crackdown is coming as protests were reported to have hit 100 cities across the country of 80 million people.
New video emerging from Monday protests and clashes with police appears to show some incidents of security forces using 'live fire' to disperse the crowds.
While protests began on Friday, they appeared to get more confrontational by Saturday, as police were filmed using riot control measures against crowds, and with some reports of deadly force being used by police, as has been the case over the past month in neighboring Iraq.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-publicly-backs-iran-protests-khamenei-says-crackdown-thugs-coming
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