While President Hassan Rouhani called for calm, Iran security forces have arrested people and are vowing further crackdowns. The Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini accused the country's enemies of seeking "to create problems for the Islamic system". pic.twitter.com/HIXtudRAue — Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) January 2, 2018"The people of Iran are finally acting against the brutal and corrupt Iranian regime," Trump tweeted two hours after Khamenei's tweet. The people of Iran are finally acting against the brutal and corrupt Iranian regime. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for calm and warned demonstrators, but so far the government has not used violent to stop the protests.

Source: Bangkok Post January 02, 2018 18:33 UTC