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Ayatollah Khamenei Claims Iran Protests Part of U.S.-Backed Conspiracy
(AP-Los Angeles Times) Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday claimed that recent protests in his country were part of a conspiracy involving the U.S. Hossein Naghavi Hosseini, a member of parliament's national security and foreign policy committee, said more than 7,000 people had been arrested. Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said Tuesday that 200,000 people took part in the demonstrations, which damaged 50 police stations, 731 banks and 70 gas stations.