The anti-government protests in Iran and Tehran’s reactions are being watched with great concern in the West. But what do major regional players make of the events there?
The protests over the country’s struggling economy, corruption, increasing food prices and the Iranian government’s involvement in other conflicts in the region like Syria are the largest display of public unrest since the country’s disputed presidential election in 2009.
The country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded to the unrest by saying that the enemies of Iran “have allied and used the various means they possess including money, weapons, politics and intelligence services to trouble the Islamic Republic.”
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