Occupying Wall Street will topple capitalism: Iranian leader
Thursday October 13, 2011 11:01:43 AM,
AKI
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Tehran:
Demonstrations against Wall Street will "topple Western
capitalism", Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said
Wednesday.
"The anti Wall Street protests are very important and their
significance is being minimised by American authorities and media,
but the people at this point are able to see the corruption of the
capitalist system," said Iran's highest authority during a
televised speech in Kermashah in the country's west.
Khamenei, 72, referred to the Occupy Wall Street activists' motto
"We are the 99 percent" by criticising the US-led military
campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq.
"The one percent (who are ruling America) launched the wars in
Iraq and Afghanistan, but the remaining 99 percent have to suffer
the deaths and pay for it," he said.
Occupy Wall Street demonstrations began in early September in New
York's financial district in Lower Manhattan and have since spread
to other American cities. Protesters contend that the US
government is coddling the wealthy at the expense of the majority
of the population.
Critics like New York mayor Michael Bloomberg contend the
protesters are costing the city money and jobs, while others have
called them unpatriotic.
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