Riots in Iran Provoked by US: President – Politics news

In a meeting with Foreign Minister of Oman Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, held in Tehran on Saturday, President Pezeshkian denounced the destructive role of the US and the Zionist regime in upsetting international peace, security and stability.

“All attempts by the US and the Zionist regime are aimed at prolonging war and insecurity in the region, preventing the formation of unity among the Islamic countries, and creating division in order to be able to carry out their sinister plots and objectives,” the Iranian president added.

Denouncing the US’ hypocritical actions in the course of nuclear talks with Iran, Pezeshkian said the world witnessed how Washington torpedoed diplomacy and dialogue while Iran was at the negotiating table and how the US committed anti-human crimes in violation of the international law by attacking Iran, he added.

Pezeshkian noted that the US is now trying to proceed with the same hostile policies from a different path, this time by provoking people into riots and chaos. “However, the Iranian nation will support their country and establishment more firmly than before.”

In remarks on January 9, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said the vandals have destroyed the buildings of their own country in Tehran and the other cities in order to appease the US president.

“The US president has the blood of more than 1,000 Iranians on his hands,” the Leader said, adding that Donald Trump has confessed that he had ordered attacks during the 12-day war in June 2025 that claimed the lives of over 1,000 Iranians, including military commanders, scientists and ordinary people.

The Leader lashed out at a bunch of unaware people that have been deceived by the US president and have set the garbage cans ablaze to please Trump.

Ayatollah Khamenei made it clear that the Islamic Republic, which has come into being with the sacrifices made by several hundreds of thousands of noble people, will never back off in the face of vandals or tolerate mercenary attitudes towards outsiders.

When a person becomes a mercenary and serves the outsiders, that person will be rejected by the Islamic nation and establishment, the Leader stated.

Ayatollah Khamenei also called on the youth of Iran to preserve preparedness, unity and presence in the scene, stressing that a unified and integrated nation will overcome all enemies.