Launching color coup is part of U.S. strategy against Iran:Iranian official

TEHRAN, Dec. 31 (MNA) – The Passive Defense Organization director Gholamreza Jalali said on Thursday that launching a ‘color coup’ has been part of the U.S. strategy against Iran. “Launching color coup in our country has been part of the puzzle of the U.S. strategy…which has been engineered repeatedly but each time it has faced a failure,” Gholamreza Jalali said in a statement as Iran is preparing to mark the 9th of Day when millions of people took to the streets of Tehran and other cities on December 30, 2009 to show their anger over sacrilegious acts committed on Ashura day in follow-up to the post-election unrest. The massive rallies against the seditious movements came to be known as the 9th of Day demonstrations because they took place on the ninth day of the Iranian calendar month of Day. In 2009, on Ashura day, which is the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS) and his 72 companions, protesters chanted slogans against top government officials. They clashed with the police and damaged public property. Some of them also committed acts that disrespected religious sanctities.