Iran's Supreme leader called on people to unite amid mass protests in the country

The Iranian youth and the entire nation must maintain unity, which will allow them to defeat any enemy. This was stated by Iran's Supreme leader Ali Khamenei against the background of mass protests taking place in the republic.

"Dear young people! Keep your readiness and unity, a united people will overcome any enemy," the IRIB News agency quoted him as saying in its Telegram channel.

The photographs accompanying this text show that the overwhelming majority of the younger generation came to listen to the Supreme leader. In their hands, you can see national flags and papers with speeches.

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How serious is the scale of the popular unrest and what is the role of the United States and Israel in this?

On January 1, the Fars news agency reported riots that escalated into clashes with the police in Iran. Then it became known about the three dead. The next day, US President Donald Trump said that his country would support the protesters if the Iranian authorities killed peaceful protesters. Some time later, on January 3, the Mehr news agency reported that the police had seized weapons from the protesters.

On January 6, Fox News learned about the seizure of two cities in western Iran by protesters, and The Times newspaper found out a day earlier that Ali Khamenei had developed an evacuation plan from Tehran in case the authorities could not suppress the protests.

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