India, Jan. 9 -- Amid the ongoing nation-wide protests, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addressed the nation on Friday and indicated that crackdown on demonstrators would continue, as someone from the audience shouted "Death to America!"

In the address which was aired by the state television, Khamenei said that protests were being held in Iran to make another country's President "happy", in an apparent reference to United States President Donald Trump.

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The protests in Iran, which erupted on December 28 after Iran's currency rial touched record low against US dollar, have since spread nation-wide and also turned violent as at least 42 people have been killed while over 2,270 othe...