The Ayatollah has called for an official investigation into the alleged vote rigging of the national elections, which has sparked a number of riots and civil unrest in Tehran.http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/15/iran-opposition-rally-banned-mousavi On June 19, 2009, he discouraged protesters from demonstrating against the election results and warned that those involved will be held responsible.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/19/iran.election.us/index.html The Iranian elections have sparked fierce controversy over the regime that controls iran, and started accusations that political prisoners are being tortured.

"The people who control America today make decisions like drunkards. They do not understand what they are doing at all."http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei

"The Iraqi people will hate any government established in Iraq that will be recognized as appointed by the Americans, just as the Americans are hated. The Americans' coming to Iraq was a mistake. Their staying was a mistake. Their behavior with the population was a mistake....They must know that certainly, the Islamic world and chiefly the Shiite world will not stay silent in face of this."http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei