Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has acknowledged the economic demands of protesters in Iran, where demonstrations have spread to more than two dozen cities, even as he warned there would be no quarter for "rioters." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/04/world/iran-khamenei-protests-warning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #alikhamenei #iran