India, Jan. 14 -- Iran's national security chief Ali Larijani accused US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being the "main killers of the people of Iran" as protests across the country intensified, leaving at least 2,000 people reported dead, after Trump cancelled meetings with Iranian officials over the bloodshed.

Hours after Trump urged Iranians to "take over" government institutions, Larijani, a former parliament speaker who now serves as secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, posted on X.

"We declare the names of the main killers of the people of Iran," Larijani wrote. "1- Trump. 2- Netanyahu."

Larijani said Washington and Tel Aviv were causing the unrest, which has now claimed ...