Ayatollah Announces Death Toll, Blames Deaths on President ‘Encouraging Unrest’

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei acknowledged that thousands of people were killed during more than two weeks of nationwide protests, blaming the deaths on U.S. President Donald Trump and accusing him of encouraging unrest by promising protesters U.S. military support.

Khamenei described Trump as a criminal and claimed the protests...