Analysts in IransuggestthiswasKhamenei's wayof sending a religious ultimatumto the people: Come off the streets, don'tdefyme and work out these problemsthrough thelegalsystem.
Analysts in Iran suggest this was Khamenei's way of sending a religiousultimatum to the people: Come off the streets, don't defy me and work out these problems through the legal system.
Iran's supreme leader delivered an impassioned defense of the Islamic Republic on Friday, insisting a majority of Iranians had faith in the existing establishment and issuing a "religious ultimatum" to protesters to end days of street demonstrations triggered by last week's presidential election.