“The Growing Allure of Satanism Behind Nationwide Protests” – Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
In a nationally televised address on Friday, 9 January 2026, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, dismissed the ongoing nationwide protests as merely a “passing fad,” brought on by an “infatuation with ‘bad boys’ among the infidel and the infirm within the Iranian populace.”




