Rouhani says ‘enemy conspiracy’ defeated in Iran

TEHRAN: Iranians have defeated the “enemy’s conspiracy” and were celebrating their victory, President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday after deadly nationwide protests against a petrol price hike. “Our people have been victorious against... the enemy’s conspiracy,” Rouhani said. “Those anarchists who came out onto the streets were few in number,” he said. “They were organised, armed anarchists” who took to the streets “based on a plot that the region’s reactionary, the Zionists and Americans had hatched,” he said. “You’ve seen in recent days huge spontaneous gatherings were held in various cities,” including Zanjan, Shahr-e Kord and Zanjan among others, Rouhani said. “This is the biggest display of the power of the nation of Iran.”