Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei met with families of those killed in the 12-day war with Israel at Imam Khomeini Hussainyeh in Tehran, during a ceremony marking Father’s Day, the birthday of Imam Ali, and the anniversary of the death of Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani.

Axar.az, citing Mehr, reports that in his remarks, Khamenei said Iran would not retreat in the face of its enemies and blamed foreign actors for the depreciation and volatility of the national currency.

He stated that peaceful protest is respected but unrest and riots are not.

“Protest is legitimate, but protest is different from rioting. We talk to protesters, but there is no use in talking to rioters. Rioters must be put in their place,” Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said in remarks on Saturday.