“Such illegal actions would not solve any problem but add insecurity on top of other problems,” Khamenei said. “Lack of security is the biggest calamity for any country and society. That is what they are looking for.” The semi-official ISNA news agency has reported that Iran’s Supreme National Security Council ordered a nationwide “restriction of access” to the internet in order to suppress the spread of information about the protests as well as any attempts to co-ordinate and organise them by activists.
