Iran: A high-ranking police official express fear from the National Fire Festival 3/12/2018 4:01:47 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print Police will use its full force to establish security Iran, March 12, 2018  - The occasion of National Fire Festival which nowadays is marked by protests and strikes against corruption and government's mismanagement has caused more panic for the deputy police commander of Zanjan province, Jafar Kordloo. Kordloo who is also serving as an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officer expressed that “police will use its full capacity to maintain security during the Fire Festival.” “We will exert our utmost power to secure the province during the Fire Festival, as we will apply heavy-handed measures against law breakers', and will detain them for the rest of new year’s holiday”, he said. He also added: “we will use the ‘Provisional Police’ [read plain clothes] agents and deploy them in crowded areas, being unreco...

IRAN REGIME’S MILITARY OFFICIAL ADMITS TO LEADING ROLE OF THE MEK / PMOI IN RECENT UPRISINGS Print   Email    Published: 01 February 2018 by Mahmood Hakamian “The protests that erupted recently across Iran involved setting fire to the State Security Force’s motorcycles, breaking the windows of religious seminaries in Abhar and Zanjan, setting fire to police kiosks in Arak, opening fire on the IRGC with hunting rifles, assaulting a State Security Force officer with a brick….” according to Brig. Gen. Rasoul Sanai, Political Affairs Deputy for the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. Sanai spoke about the behind the scenes developments of the recent unrest, “Their plan was to spread the riots from the surrounding areas to the capital (Tehran) because they believe owing to previous incidents in Tehran and major cities, Iran’s security and defense forces had been trained and gained the expertise to confront riotous actions. But in other cities the potential f...

Iran protests turn violent with police intervention in various cities Iranian authorities resorted to suppress Iran protest as peaceful rally spread across the country. In Tehran, riot police surrounded Tehran University and did not allow students to enter or leave. Agents shot tear gas into the university. Videos show riot police dealing with Tehran University students. In Tehran, water cannons were used against protesters. A video clip shows the vehicle moving from Tehran’s Vali Asr Intersection to Enghelab Street. Military and intelligence agencies in Kurdistan also have militarized the province and have stationed riot police and Revolutionary Guards Corps around squares. Plainclothes agents and RGC forces control the movement of citizens. During the protests, riot police in Kermanshah used tear gas and water cannons against protesters and arrested a number of people. Unconfirmed reports from inside Iran also indicate security forces in the capital have o...

Iran: the world wushu champion dies after was pulled in a machine A 28-year-old paper factory worker lost his life on Monday October, 2, 2017 as parts of his hand and head were pulled into a machine in Rusha Caspian Paper Factory in Zanjan, in northwestern Iran. Mohammad Reza Jafari was the world wushu Champion. According to the state-run ILNA news agency report on August 23, 2017, every month, 5 to 6 workers in Iran either lost their lives or became maimed in various accidents “Deaths caused by work accidents in the four months of this year rose 89 percent compared to the same period last year, the cawushusualty rate ranged from 17 to 34 people.” The state-run Mehr news agency cited The Mazandaran Prosecutor General on September 11, 2017.