Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday addressed the protests rattling his nation, insisting that “rioters must be put in their place”.
The comments by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may be a green light to authorities to pursue a more aggressive approach to the demonstrations, which have been going on for a week.
The protests take their root in the country’s ailing economy as Iran’s rial currency now trades at around 1.4 million to the dollar.
“We talk to protesters, the officials must talk to them,” Ayatollah Khamenei told an audience in Tehran, Iran’s capital. “But there is no benefit