Iran’s supreme leader signaled a hard line Friday against protesters rocking the Islamic Republic, accusing them of acting on behalf of President Donald Trump as authorities struggling to contain the unrest shut the country off from the world. In his first major address to the nation since widespread demonstrations erupted almost two weeks ago, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said protesters were “ruining their own streets to make the president of another country happy,” according to news agencies. After Trump’s repeated threats to intervene, Khamenei said the president should focus on problems in his own country. The brief speech was aired on state television after the most intense night yet in the wave of unrest, which began in protest at the country’s ailing economy but has grown into a broader challenge to the ruling clerical regime.

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