Iran\u0027s supreme leader on Monday gave his full backing to security forces confronting protests ignited by the death of Mahsa Amini.
In his first remarks addressing the 22-year-old’s death after her arrest by morality police over “inappropriate attire,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Amini’s death “deeply broke my heart” and called it a “bitter incident” provoked by Iran’s enemies.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
The harsh crackdown against the protests has drawn widespread international condemnation. The White House denounced the crackdown and Britain summoned the Iranian charge d’affaires, condemning the crackdown as “truly shocking.”Article content‘HARSH PUNISHMENT’ However, the unrest calls into the question the priority that has defined Khamenei’s rule – the survival at any cost of the four-decade-old Islamic Republic and its religious elite.
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