The US administration supports the right of people to participate in peaceful protests in Iran and China.

Axar.az reports that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said this on CNN.

He answered "Yes, of course" to the journalist's question about whether the US administration supports the protesters in China.

"We support the right of people everywhere - whether in China, Iran or anywhere else - to peacefully protest, to express their opinions, to express their dissatisfaction. And if in any country protests are suppressed in one way or another, then we are against it." , - the state secretary noted.

He recalled that Washington previously imposed sanctions on Iranian officials in connection with the protests.