'500 million Tomans to kill. . . ': Khamenei aide exposes US, Israel's plan to foment unrest in Iran?

Iranian Defence Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh claims foreign intelligence networks led by the U.S. and Israel orchestrated recent unrest by financing armed cells, setting specific bounties for murder and arson, and directing attacks on police stations, bases, media centres and mosques to portray terrorism as popular protest. He cites alleged arrests, cash payments and patterns of drug‑fuelled violence as proof the turmoil is “security and terrorist‑related, not protest,” and issues a stark warning that Iran will harshly suppress rioters while the contagion of insecurity may not stop at its borders.