The ayatollah blamed the US and Israel for the casualties and ‘damage inflicted upon the Iranian nation’
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claims the US instigated recent unrest in which thousands have been killed.
The country's supreme leader says foreign-backed protests 'caused massive damage and killed several thousands'.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday said “several thousand people” died in this month’s anti-government demonstrations.
Rights groups say at least 116 people have been killed since protests erupted in Iran
Besides his father, the initial U.S.-Israeli airstrikes killed Khamenei's mother, sister and wife
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