TEHRAN: Iran's interior minister on Wednesday accused U.S. spy agency the CIA of helping to fund "rioters", stepping up accusations of Western involvement in street unrest following the country's disputed election.
"Britain, America and the Zionist regime (Israel) were behind the recent unrest in Tehran," Interior Minister Sadeq Mahsouli was quoted as saying by a local news agency.
"Many of the rioters were in contact with America, CIA and the MKO and are being fed by their financial resources," he said. The MKO (Mujahideen Khalq Organisation) is an exiled Iranian opposition group.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said today the regime will not "back down" in the face of protests which have rocked Tehran over the disputed presidential election.
"In the recent incidents concerning the election, I have been insisting on the implementation of the law and I will be (insisting). Neither the system, nor the people will back down under force," state television quoted him as saying at a meeting with lawmakers.
Khamenei also urged MPs to cooperate with the government.
"Don't be hard on the government -- deal with the government in a friendly and nice manner," Khamenei said. "Executive affairs are difficult and on this rocky and exhausting path, the government should be helped."
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