Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has said that Donald Trump is the main culprit behind the deaths and financial losses in the recent protests. According to the International News Agency, the Iranian Supreme Leader accused Donald Trump of being directly responsible for the protests, saying that the US president is directly behind them. The Iranian Supreme Leader said that the recent anti-Iran uprising was different in that the US president was personally involved in it. Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei said that hostile forces wanted to spread hatred against the regime using economic difficulties as an excuse. After which Donald Trump claimed that Iran had stopped implementing the death penalty for the protesters.

Source: The Patriot January 17, 2026 16:24 UTC