US, some European countries orchestrated last year's riots: Iran's president

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi has censured the United States and some European countries for orchestrating the riots that broke out across the country last year.

Raeisi made the remarks in a Monday meeting with the members of a committee set up to investigate various aspects of 2022 riots.

"The United States and some European countries, along with [Iran's] adversaries, wronged the Iranian nation and targeted security, calm, businesses and minds of [our] dear people by orchestrating the riots. However, our people foiled their [plot] through steadfastness," the Iranian president said.

Raeisi stressed that no injustice should be done to even a single person in the course of investigations.

He added that presenting a "correct and fair narrative" of those incidents based on facts, documents and eyewitness accounts, free from any bias, is among the most important duties of the committee.

The Iranian president added that reparations must be made for all people whose rights have been violated during the riots or have been harmed in any way.

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