Iran’s supreme leader has vowed that authorities will “not back down” in the face of a rapidly growing protest movement, fuelling fears of an intensifying crackdown on the second day of a nationwide internet shutdown. Protests have taken place in all 31 Iranian provinces in recent days, posing a threat to the authority of the regime, which has been significantly weakened since the last large protest movement in the country in 2022. In his first speech since demonstrations started on 28 December, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described protesters as “vandals” and “saboteurs”, and accused them of working on behalf of foreign
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