The White House has urged the Iranian leadership to respect its people's right to protest. The US supports the Iranian people and it call on the regime to respect its citizens' basic right to peacefully express their desire for change, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters at her daily news conference.<br/><br/>Twenty-two people have so far been killed and hundreds arrested in Iran's country-wide protests that began last Thursday initially over price rises and corruption but quickly turned into anti-government demonstrations.<br/>Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei yesterday blamed the country's enemies for the unrest.<br/><br/>Sanders, though, called the protests organic, saying it was brought about by the rising corruption in the country. The citizens of Iran have paid a heavy price for the violence and extremism of their leaders and the Iranian people long to reclaim their country's proud history, its culture, its civilisation and its cooperation with its neighbours, she said. <br/><br/>Sanders said years of mismanagement, corruption, and foreign adventurism have eroded the Iranian people's trust in their leaders.<br/><br/>She said Trump is yet to make a decision on renewing temporary waivers for US sanctions against Iran and is keeping several options open.<br/>The waivers provide relief to Iran from US sanctions which are otherwise not set to expire for several years. Under the terms of agreement, these waivers must be signed every 120 days. <br/>