US backs Iranian protests, blames country’s woes on support for terror groups

US backs Iranian protests, blames country’s woes on support for terror groups

 

 The Trump administration on Wednesday announced its support for the fresh protests inside Iran, with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attributing the country’s woes to Tehran’s support for terror groups and its destabilizing regional activities.

US backs Iranian protests, blames country’s woes on support for terror groups
US backs Iranian protests, blames country’s woes on support for terror groups

“The Iranian government is squandering its citizens’ resources, whether its adventurism in Syria, its support for Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis, or its ambitions for wastefully expanding its nuclear program, it will only add to the suffering of the people of Iran,” America’s top diplomat said in a statement. “It should surprise no one that protests continue in Iran.”

On Monday, hundreds of Iranians demonstrated in the streets of Tehran, just as merchants in the city’s Grand Bazaar closed their shops to protest Iran’s economic troubles. Smaller protests continued on Tuesday.

In recent months, the country’s currency has plummeted against the US dollar and the Trump administration announced plans to restore economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic after US President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Iran nuclear deal in May. And on Monday, the rial hit 88,000 to the dollar in the black market, marking a steep decline from 59,000 last month.

In recent months, the country’s currency has plummeted against the US dollar and the Trump administration announced plans to restore economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic after US President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Iran nuclear deal in May. And on Monday, the rial hit 88,000 to the dollar in the black market, marking a steep decline from 59,000 last month.

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In recent months, the country’s currency has plummeted against the US dollar and the Trump administration announced plans to restore economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic after US President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Iran nuclear deal in May. And on Monday, the rial hit 88,000 to the dollar in the black market, marking a steep decline from 59,000 last month.

 

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