{"id":13124,"date":"2013-03-18T16:20:08","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T16:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/issues\/human-rights\/13124-iran-s-brutal-honorary-police-to-crush-protests"},"modified":"2023-01-14T08:08:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T07:08:22","slug":"iran-s-brutal-honorary-police-to-crush-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iran-s-brutal-honorary-police-to-crush-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran&#8217;s brutal &#8216;honorary police&#8217; to crush protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caption alignleft size-full wp-image-39589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/iran-agents.jpg\" border=\"0\" title=\"plain-clothes agents of Iranian regime beating a protester in 2009\" style=\"margin-top: 5px;margin-bottom: 5px;float: left\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>NCRI &#8211; A brutal security force dubbed the &#8216;honorary police&#8217; has been reformed in Iran to help crush protests ahead of the June presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The new units will begin work during the New Year vacation period &#8211; a two-week holiday which begins on March 20.<\/p>\n<p>The force includes the plain-clothes agents used in the suppression and murder or protesters during the mass uprisings of the 2009 election.<\/p>\n<p>The IRGC&#8217;s Special Units Commander Hassan Karami announced the launch of the new police at a meeting of IRGC commanders on March 17, the regime&#8217;s state-run news agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>Thee fist unit would be made up of children of those already in special IRGC units, and their would be counter &#8216;internal and external subversives&#8217;, he told the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;At the present time, the enemy has launched a economic and social war against us and the oppressors are trying to undermine our struggle in defense of the Supreme Leader.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>State Security Forces chief Esmael Ahmadi Moghaddam also referred to the creation of the honorary police force in February, when he told a meeting of State Security Forces (Police): &#8220;The enemy has plans to create tensions in the society.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCRI &ndash; A brutal security force dubbed the &lsquo;honorary police&rsquo; has been reformed in Iran to help crush protests ahead of the June presidential election. 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