New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that US, Israeli, and European leaders had taken advantage of Iran's economic difficulties, stirred unrest, and supplied people with the means to "tear the nation apart" during recent protests.

US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Europeans "rode on our problems, provoked, and were seeking - and still seek - to fragment society," Pezeshkian said.

He added, "They brought them into the streets and wanted, as they said, to tear this country apart, to sow conflict and hatred among the people. In a live state TV broadcast, Pezeshkian said the US, Israeli, and European leaders tried to "provoke, create division, and supplied resources...