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Iran's supreme leader says protesters 'ruining' country to please Trump - as at least 62 protesters die
Iran's supreme leader has warned of a crackdown on protesters and accused them of "ruining" the country to please US President Donald Trump - as tens of thousands marched through the streets of Tehran.
Demonstrations in the capital sparked by a struggling economy have spread to other cities, increasing pressure on the country's leadership. The country was largely cut off from the outside world on Friday after authorities imposed a nationwide internet blackout, with state media blaming the protests on "terrorist agents" from the US and Israel.
The death toll from the violence around the demonstrations has now reached at least 62, with more than 2,300 other people detained, according to the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency. In a brief address aired by state television on Friday, Iran's 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused protesters of acting on behalf of Mr Trump.
He said "vandals and rioters" were "ruining their own streets to make the president of another country happy". Tehran would not tolerate people acting as "mercenaries for foreigners.
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