The country has faced sanctions, isolation, demands for political and social change, a recent war against Israel, and pressure from the United States.

With his room for maneuver shrinking fast, he faces a climbdown on deeply held beliefs to bring relief to his country.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday branded U.S. President Donald Trump a "criminal" for supporting protesters in Iran, and blamed demonstrators for causing thousands of deaths.

The country’s supreme leader says foreign-backed protests ‘caused massive damage and killed several thousands’.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says authorities "must break the back of the seditionists" after a crackdown on a protest wave against the country's clerical authorities. He launched a fierce verbal assault on the United States,

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei issues warning to U.S. in Russian on social media, signaling Tehran's growing alignment with Moscow amid nationwide protests.

In Iran and across the world, demonstrators are lighting cigarettes with burning photos of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. It started with an Iranian woman, who identifies as ‘Morticia Adams’.