Ahmadinejad says nauseating “Israeli”-American play behind protests

"Iranians have seen lots of these games. Americans and Zionists are the sole audience of a play they have commissioned and sold out," he said on Tuesday in reaction to the protests, in which eight people were killed.

The remarks come as earlier on Sunday anti-government protestors took to some central and downtown streets in Tehran, chanting slogans against top Iranian government officials.

The Iranian police forces used tear gas to separate protestors. Seven people were dead during the Sunday unrest. Iran's Deputy Police Chief Ahmad-Reza Radan said earlier that the force under his command did not use violence against protesters, denying any involvement in the killings. 

President Ahmadinejad condemned the western reactions to the current events in Iran, urging them to rethink their stand toward Iran. He went on to say that the Iranian nation would demonstrate its solidarity to respond to Western interference in Iran's internal affairs.

As the U.S. and its allies are taking steps to tighten sanctions against Iran in what many lawmakers call an effort to provide President Barack Obama the authority he needs to increase pressure on Tehran over its nuclear program.