{"id":220994,"date":"2020-06-23T13:54:06","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T12:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=220994"},"modified":"2026-01-27T18:32:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T17:32:40","slug":"iran-regime-increases-oppressive-measures-to-control-restive-society-and-avoid-new-iran-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-regime-increases-oppressive-measures-to-control-restive-society-and-avoid-new-iran-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Regime Increases Oppressive Measures to Control Restive Society and Avoid New Iran Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_220995\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-220995\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-220995 size-full\" title=\"Iran-Protests-November-2019-file-photo\" 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&#8211; file photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Reports from Iran indicate that <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">mullahs\u2019 regime has increased its oppressive measures. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the most recent development, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/irgc-s-38-year-record-war-crackdown-exporting-terrorism-fundamentalist-and-advancing-the-nuclear-weapons-drive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)<\/a> commander Hossein Salami appointed Brigadier General Hossein Nejat as his deputy and acting commander of the IRGC\u2019s <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sarallah<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Base in Tehran<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sarallah<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> headquarters is an important part of the security apparatus of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/irgc-s-38-year-record-war-crackdown-exporting-terrorism-fundamentalist-and-advancing-the-nuclear-weapons-drive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IRGC<\/a>,<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">and its primary responsibility is to provide security for Iran\u2019s capital.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In another <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/entekhab.ir\/fa\/news\/557204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">development<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, in a letter to the regime\u2019s judiciary chief, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ebrahim<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Raisi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Salami reiterated that<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> IRGC <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is ready to cooperate wit<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">h<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the Judiciary to \u201cestablish security\u201d in the society.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The stat<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">-run <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mehr<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> news agency <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mehrnews.com\/news\/4955781\/%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%aa%d8%b1%db%8c%d9%86-%d8%b1%d9%82%d9%85-%d8%b2%d9%86%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%86%db%8c%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%ba%d8%b1%d8%a8-%da%a9%d8%b4%d9%88%d8%b1-%d9%85%d8%aa%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%82-%d8%a8%d9%87-%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%87%d9%85%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">quoted<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Mohammad-Reza <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Edalatkhah<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Chief Justice of Hamadan Province<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, northwest Iran, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">as saying that \u201cover 65,000 cases were created in this province <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in the current year. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The highest number of prisoners in the west of the country belongs to Hamadan province.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While fearing another uprising, with youth and women <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">at <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">its forefront as in the nationwide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 2019 Iran protests<\/a>, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the regime has imposed <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">new series of restriction<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> under the pretext of so-called \u201cfighting<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> improper <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">clothing and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mal-<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">veiling<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d to justify a wide crackdown on Iranian youth and particularly the women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo.png\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On June 16, the state-run Fars News agency, which is affiliated with the IRGC, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">while quoting mullah <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hojatollah<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Zaker<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Deputy Minister of Culture and Social Affairs of the Center for Mosque Affairs,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> wrote: \u201cAs<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the temperature rises, we witness many women and girls in cities<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and in<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> vehicles<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> who<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> are improperly or not veiled at all. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We hope that the authorities will wake up and with<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> end of spring<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> put an end to this problem.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">misogynist <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rules are not limited to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Iran\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> cities.\u00a0 On June 15, t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he Deputy Public Prosecutor of Khorasan Razavi, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ghanbari<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Rad, announced that a significant number of women had been identified, summoned, and arrested in the province because they had \u201cremoved their hijab on social media.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In this regard, Reza <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Taghi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">-Pour, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Member of the regime\u2019s <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">P<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">arliament<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">(<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Majlis<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> from<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Tehran<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, said: \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The passage of the Cyber Security Act is a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">priority for the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Majlis<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The regime fears another round of Iran <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">protest<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, such as the one<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> November, which shook the regime\u2019s foundation. In addition, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">women and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">youth are approaching the Iranian opposition, particularly the <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Therefore,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> through<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> increas<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ed<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> oppressive measure<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s, the regime<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> tries to confront the restive Iranian society, especially as the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">economic<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> failures<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> now the COVID-19 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">cris<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">i<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">regime\u2019s wrong policies increase pressure on the people. In addition, by restricting access to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">internet or other suppressive measures<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the regime tries to prevent people, especially youth<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> from joining the Iranian Resistance.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In this regard, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/inside-source-reports\/irans-state-media-admit-intelligence-ministry-is-presenting-its-agents-as-mek-ex-members-or-critics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Rahyaftegan<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> state-run website in an article <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">on May 29 wrote: \u201cO<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ur youth, on a scale of thousands are being trapped by <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">[Iranian <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">R<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">esistance leader Massoud] <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rajavi\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> charisma<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In an\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/inside-source-reports\/iran-regimes-economic-policies-have-turned-society-into-a-powder-keg-officials-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">interview\u202f<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">with \u202fthe state-run\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Etemad<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fOnline news agency<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> on May 24, Mohammad-Reza Mortazavi Head of the\u202fIranian Flour Makers Association and President of the Iranian Food Industry Associations<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> said: <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThis social hatred that has engulfed the middle class is one of the factors hindering prosperity in the country. This hatred will turn <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to resentment. As someone who knows and looks at society, I see that this hatred is growing and [will turn into a revolution] will explode.\u201d\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports from Iran indicate that the mullahs&rsquo; regime has increased its oppressive measures. In the most recent development, Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) commander Hossein Salami appointed Brigadier General Hossein Nejat as his deputy and acting commander of the IRGC&rsquo;s Sarallah Base in Tehran. 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