{"id":13487,"date":"2013-04-23T12:30:30","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T11:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/issues\/human-rights\/13487-iran-army-warns-it-is-ready-to-crush-election-protests"},"modified":"2023-01-14T13:59:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T12:59:56","slug":"iran-army-warns-it-is-ready-to-crush-election-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iran-army-warns-it-is-ready-to-crush-election-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Army warns it is ready to crush election protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"firouz-abadi\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-39836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/04\/firouz-abadi.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: left;margin: 5px\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>NCRI &#8211; The Iranian regime&#8217;s armed forces are on high alert to crush any public protests during this June&#8217;s presidential election, the head of the regime&#8217;s armed forces has warned.<\/p>\n<p>The country&#8217;s rulers are known to be terrified of the prospect of a massive uprising similar to the nationwide protests during the 2009 election.<\/p>\n<p>Armed forces chief Seyed Hassan Firouz-Abadi has now told the state-run Mehr news agency: &#8220;Our armed forces are completely ready to confront any kind of possible sedition and evil in the forthcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our armed forces are experienced forces. 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