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Iran’s Supreme Leader blames Trump for the protests and vows “maximum punishment” for demonstrators.

Séamus Bellamy
Jan 09, 2026
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Earlier today, Iran’s Supreme Leader signaled that his regime’s security forces would take punitive measures against anyone protesting or defying the authority of his regime. The announcement comes in the wake of Donald Trump’s threat to distract from the Epstein Files act in defence of peaceful protestors in the Islamic Republic.

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