By bnm Tehran bureau Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has rejected any compromise with protesters and warned foreign powers against interference, state broadcaster IRIB recorded him as saying from Tehran on January 9.

Supreme leader warns against foreign enemies and reiterates threat that authorities will crack down on the unrest.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday insisted that the Islamic republic would "not back down" in the face of protests after the biggest rallies yet in an almost two week movement

Videos of Iranian women lighting cigarettes with burning photos of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are spreading rapidly online. The symbolic act challenges both Iran’s political authority and its strict social rules for women.

Intelligence sources claim Tehran’s supreme leader will flee with up to 20 aides and family if protests escalate

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that grievances behind nationwide protests were justified, but accused external forces of inciting the unrest and vowed to crack down on rioters.

The demonstrations, which began in Tehran last month, have spread to all of Iran's 31 provinces but have yet to reach the scale of the 2022-3 unrest sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini.

What initially began as demonstrations against economic hardship has since evolved into a broader revolt targeting the government of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.