Iran's supreme leader has insisted that Iran couldn't back down in the face of protests after this year's biggest rallies in nearly a two-week movement sparked by serious anger over the rising costs of living.
Chanting slogans including 'death to dictator' and setting fire to so many official buildings, crowds of people were seen opposing the clerical establishment that marched through different cities across the nation during the late hours of Thursday.
Internet monitor Netblocks shared how authorities carried out a total connectivity blackout yesterday, and that meant the country was offline for 12 hours.
This was an attempt to suppress the sweeping protests taking center stage right now.
These demonstrations represent one of the largest challenges to the Islamic Republic in more than 4.5 decades of existence. Protesters openly called for an end to the theocratic rule.
But the leader struck a very defiant tone in his first comments regarding the protests.
These have been escalating since January 3, and demonstrators were called out as vandals and saboteurs during a speech shared on state TV. Shockingly, the US has decided to warn Iran and support the strikes, stating that anyone harmed or killed in the protests due to Iran's forces would have to deal with America.