Speaking to reporters at a press conference on Saturday, Hadi Tahan Nazif offered his condolences on the martyrdom of a number of Iranian security forces and ordinary citizens in the recent violent riots that unfolded after peaceful protests to economic problems.

He said one of the observers of the Constitutional Council in Qazvin is among those martyred amid the unrest.

Condemning the acts of vandalism, Tahan Nazif pointed to “covert hands” in the chaos, saying the hostile elements have already the blood of over 1,000 Iranians on their hands during the 12-day war imposed in June 2025.

“Foreign interference transformed peaceful protests of people directed at livelihood demands into riots and unrest,” he added.

In remarks on Friday morning, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said the vandals have destroyed the buildings of their own country in Tehran and the other cities in order to appease the US president.

“The US president has the blood of more than 1,000 Iranians on his hands,” the Leader said, adding that Donald Trump has confessed that he had ordered attacks during the 12-day war in June 2025 that claimed the lives of over 1,000 Iranians, including military commanders, scientists and ordinary people.

The Leader lashed out at a bunch of unaware people that have been deceived by the US president and have set the garbage cans ablaze to please Trump.

Ayatollah Khamenei made it clear that the Islamic Republic, which has come into being with the sacrifices made by several hundreds of thousands of noble people, will never back off in the face of vandals or tolerate mercenary attitudes towards outsiders.

When a person becomes a mercenary and serves the outsiders, that person will be rejected by the Islamic nation and establishment, the Leader stated.

Ayatollah Khamenei also called on the youth of Iran to preserve preparedness, unity and presence in the scene, stressing that a unified and integrated nation will overcome all enemies.