{"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. 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