Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday, November 6, in a rare comment on the protests in Iran last January, claimed that these protests started from social networks. According to the Russian news agency Interfax, Putin said during a visit to an exhibition in Moscow: "What happened when the crisis spread on the streets of Tehran, started mainly through social networks; networks that the Iranian authorities did not manage or control. The Russian president said the only thing Iranian authorities could do was "stop everything." The January 1404 protests began in response to the economic situation, and following the rise of these protests, the authorities of the Islamic Republic cut off Iranian citizens' access to the global Internet from January 8 during the deadly explosion. Thousands of people were killed during the suppression of these protests. The Islamic Republic put the death toll at 3,117, but human rights groups say the death toll was much higher.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday, November 6, in a rare comment on the protests in Iran last January, claimed that these protests started from social networks. According to the Russian news agency Interfax, Putin said during a visit to an exhibition in Moscow: "What happened when the crisis spread on the streets of Tehran, started mainly through social networks; networks that the Iranian authorities did not manage or control. The Russian president said the only thing Iranian authorities could do was "stop everything." The January 1404 protests began in response to the economic situation, and following the rise of these protests, the authorities of the Islamic Republic cut off Iranian citizens' access to the global Internet from January 8 during the deadly explosion. Thousands of people were killed during the suppression of these protests. The Islamic Republic put the death toll at 3,117, but human rights groups say the death toll was much higher.