On January 3, local time, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expressed his views on recent domestic riots. Khamenei said that when a businessman sees the country's currency situation, sees the depreciation of the national currency, and sees the fluctuation of domestic currency and foreign currency prices, causing the business environment to be unstable, he will say he is unable to do business. He is telling the truth, and state officials have acknowledged this. Currently, the President and other senior officials are working to resolve this issue. He said that foreign currency exchange rates fluctuate for no reason, rising and falling, which overwhelmed merchants. This is not normal. This is an enemy trick, and this kind of behavior must be stopped. The president and some other officials are working hard to rectify this matter. Therefore, vendors are rightly opposed to this situation. Importantly, a group of trained enemy mercenaries gathered behind the crowd to incite and shout anti-Iranian slogans. Khamenei said that the protest was reasonable, but the protest was completely different from the riots. Officials are supposed to talk to protesters, but talking to rioters is meaningless; “rioters must be suppressed.” Misuse of protests with the intention of undermining national security and causing riots is absolutely unacceptable, and it is necessary to understand what the enemy is doing. The enemy will take advantage of every opportunity, and Iranian officials are also “fighting” for this. Khamenei stressed that Iran will never retreat to the enemy, and with the support of the people, Iran will make the enemy surrender.

On January 3, local time, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expressed his views on recent domestic riots. Khamenei said that when a businessman sees the country's currency situation, sees the depreciation of the national currency, and sees the fluctuation of domestic currency and foreign currency prices, causing the business environment to be unstable, he will say he is unable to do business. He is telling the truth, and state officials have acknowledged this. Currently, the President and other senior officials are working to resolve this issue. He said that foreign currency exchange rates fluctuate for no reason, rising and falling, which overwhelmed merchants. This is not normal. This is an enemy trick, and this kind of behavior must be stopped. The president and some other officials are working hard to rectify this matter. Therefore, vendors are rightly opposed to this situation. Importantly, a group of trained enemy mercenaries gathered behind the crowd to incite and shout anti-Iranian slogans. Khamenei said that the protest was reasonable, but the protest was completely different from the riots. Officials are supposed to talk to protesters, but talking to rioters is meaningless; “rioters must be suppressed.” Misuse of protests with the intention of undermining national security and causing riots is absolutely unacceptable, and it is necessary to understand what the enemy is doing. The enemy will take advantage of every opportunity, and Iranian officials are also “fighting” for this. Khamenei stressed that Iran will never retreat to the enemy, and with the support of the people, Iran will make the enemy surrender.