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The repression of demonstrations in Iran
The Iranian regime fears that the protests in the cities will turn into a major uprising that will shake the country, prompting it to start taking measures to prevent it, including establishing special security teams in the neighborhoods to suppress any protest initiatives in its beginning before its spark reaches other regions.
A report from the opposition website “Iran International” says that the Iranian police recently announced an initiative called “crackdown on thugs and thugs,” and that the plan was first implemented on Thursday in Tehran’s Tehran district.
Deputy Chief of Police Qasim Rezaei announced that law enforcement had formed a “task force to combat thugs and bullies.” He said that the goal of this initiative is to create “fear and terror in the hearts of people that undermine security and peace in society.”
However, the reality is not like that, according to the report, as the initiative is likely to organize paramilitary forces at the local neighborhood level to be prepared for possible protests, in a new tool of repression.
The website’s report cited Iranian analyst Murad Vaisi that during protests that swept through the country last November, security forces were unable to control the situation in some places and had great difficulty moving units from one city to another. Now, they want to control the protests at the beginning, at the neighborhood level.
According to Faissi, the regime and the IRGC now plan to close the security breach by forming squads of neighbors.
This plan aims to crush the primary core of protests everywhere, especially in Tehran, and prevent the spread of protests and thus prevent the outbreak of an uprising throughout the country.
Faisei believes this initiative helps the IRGC avoid sending troops from one province to another at a time of widespread unrest.
The report indicated that some Revolutionary Guard commanders admitted that in the past they had used these “thugs and thugs” to suppress street protests.
In November 2019, Iran witnessed large-scale demonstrations that erupted in protest against a sharp rise in oil prices, but the security forces quickly and brutally put down those protests, arresting many, amid a near-total outage. from Internet.
Amnesty International accused the Iranian security forces of committing “horrific human rights violations” following the crackdown on protests that took place late last year, referring in particular to “widespread torture”.
