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Pezeshkian: Riots rooted in negligence toward young generation’s demands
Parl. speaker likens recent terrorist acts to Israel’s pager attack in Lebanon
In a meeting with the Leader’s representatives on Monday, Masoud Pezeshkian emphasized the necessity of identifying the causes of the incidents and recalled the important role and duties of the government and other institutions to address the people's demands and prevent the repetition of such crises.
The fact that the “enemies are able to negatively influence the mindset of our children and make use of them for their own purposes is truly unimaginable and unacceptable,” Pezeshkian noted.
While stressing the necessity of punishing the ringleaders of the recent riots and terrorist acts in the country, the president said that the main issue in this regard is finding out the reasons behind the occurrence of such incidents and their solutions.
Late last month, Iran witnessed street protests triggered by a sharp fall in the rial, the Iranian currency, and economic hardships in the capital, Tehran, and other cities.
The peaceful protests across Iran turned violent after US President Donald Trump and other American officials alleged that the United States would resort to fresh military aggression against Iran in the event of what they called Tehran’s “suppression” of the foreign-backed terrorist riots.
The Islamic Republic has repeatedly underlined that it would exert due effort to address economic protests, but stands firm in the face of attempts at derailing protests towards disorder.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf on Monday said the recent “Daesh-style terrorist war” against the country had similar objectives to Israel’s terrorist pager attack on Lebanon in September 2024.
On September 17, 2024, thousands of wireless communication devices belonging to members of the resistance movement Hezbollah exploded in unison in different locations across Lebanon and Syria, killing at least 12 people, including two children, and injuring around 3,000 others, mostly ordinary citizens.
The Israeli regime officially claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Speaking at a Parliament session, Qalibaf said the predetermined plan consisted of “naked and organized violence, terrorist and armed attacks, extremely violent civil commotion, and the brutal killing of several thousand civilians, members of Basij (voluntary forces) and police and security forces.”
The plan aimed to cause fear among the Iranian people, make them lose the capacity to analyze issues and stop supporting the country, thereby paving the way for the United States and its mercenaries to carry out an attack against Iran and disintegrate it, he added.
He noted that there are few countries in the world that are able to swiftly restore security and protect their peoples after being suddenly confronted with such “organized and brutal terrorism”, which was openly and officially supported by the US president.
The top parliamentarian emphasized that the recent plot was a continuation of the 12-day war waged by the US and the Israeli regime against Iran in mid-June.