{"id":330785,"date":"2025-04-22T21:51:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T20:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=330785"},"modified":"2025-04-22T21:51:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T20:51:36","slug":"iran-news-regime-expands-security-apparatus-in-sistan-and-baluchestan-amid-resistance-and-repression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-news-regime-expands-security-apparatus-in-sistan-and-baluchestan-amid-resistance-and-repression\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News: Regime Expands Security Apparatus in Sistan and Baluchestan Amid Resistance and Repression"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_330786\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-330786\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-330786\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-zahedan-protests-2022-e1745354244286.jpg\" alt=\"Zahedan residents join anti-regime protests following Friday prayers during the 2022 uprising\" width=\"1000\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-zahedan-protests-2022-e1745354244286.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-zahedan-protests-2022-e1745354244286-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-zahedan-protests-2022-e1745354244286-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-zahedan-protests-2022-e1745354244286-741x420.jpg 741w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-zahedan-protests-2022-e1745354244286-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-zahedan-protests-2022-e1745354244286-696x395.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-330786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zahedan residents join anti-regime protests following Friday prayers during the 2022 uprising<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"128\" data-end=\"519\">The Iranian regime has officially announced the establishment of a new police command for the southern region of Sistan and Baluchestan, a <a href=\"https:\/\/defapress.ir\/fa\/news\/739775\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">move it claims<\/a> is aimed at improving security and local development. But activists and local observers warn that the plan is a veiled strategy to intensify repression in a region long marked by state violence and ethnic discrimination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"521\" data-end=\"977\">During his visit to Iranshahr on April 20, Brigadier General Ahmadreza Radan, commander of the regime&#8217;s State Security Forces, unveiled the new \u201cSouth Sistan and Baluchestan Police Command\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mehrnews.com\/news\/6439789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appointed<\/a> Brigadier General Morteza Jokar as its head. The headquarters is expected to be operational by September. Radan hailed the move as a step toward \u201csustainable security and local integration,\u201d emphasizing the recruitment of 500 local youths into police ranks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"979\" data-end=\"1037\">But beneath the official narrative lies a different story.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Remembering Zahedan\u2019s Bloody Friday: A Year Later in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kYwlL8F8dN\">https:\/\/t.co\/kYwlL8F8dN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1709678529166655990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1039\" data-end=\"1084\">A Security Facade for Systemic Repression<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1086\" data-end=\"1464\">While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mehrnews.com\/news\/6439625\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">state media portray<\/a> the plan as a development milestone, local and dissident sources see it as part of a broader counterinsurgency effort targeting the province\u2019s restive population. For years, Sistan and Baluchestan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/stats-tell-why-irans-sistan-and-baluchestan-province-proved-regimes-crackdown-useless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has witnessed<\/a> deadly crackdowns, arbitrary arrests, and state-sanctioned executions\u2014particularly following the bloody \u201cBlack Fridays\u201d in Zahedan and Khash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1466\" data-end=\"1798\">Critics argue that the new police command is not a response to development needs, but a reaction to the regime\u2019s growing fear of insurgent groups and local uprisings. The region\u2019s strategic location\u2014bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan\u2014and its history of resistance have long made it a thorn in the side of Iran\u2019s central authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1800\" data-end=\"1982\">\u201cThe regime failed to crush resistance through military means,\u201d reads a statement from a Baluchi activist network. \u201cNow, it\u2019s resorting to deception\u2014disguising repression as reform.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stats Tell Why <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s Sistan and Baluchestan Province Proved Regime\u2019s Crackdown Useless<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uwtND5xX7S\">https:\/\/t.co\/uwtND5xX7S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1710693970312044573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1984\" data-end=\"2037\">Co-opting Tribal Leaders, Recruiting Local Youths<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2039\" data-end=\"2351\">Radan\u2019s remarks during meetings with tribal elders and community leaders also raised concerns. He called on them to identify youths \u201cwith the characteristics of police officers\u201d to be enlisted in the force\u2014a move many interpret as an attempt to co-opt influential figures and turn communities against themselves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2353\" data-end=\"2494\">\u201cThis isn\u2019t about empowerment,\u201d said one exiled Baluchi human rights advocate. \u201cIt\u2019s about conscripting the oppressed to suppress their own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2496\" data-end=\"2765\">The strategy appears aimed at offsetting the regime\u2019s reliance on non-local security forces, whose presence has often <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/amid-uprising-anniversary-disasters-and-government-neglect-fuel-anger-in-sistan-and-baluchestan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stoked tensions<\/a> and resulted in violent confrontations. By recruiting from within, authorities hope to blur the line between occupation and governance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s Cyber Army Instructs Forces To Spread Fake News Regarding Uprising in Sistan and Baluchistan Province<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EUTime4FirmIranPolicy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EUTime4FirmIranPolicy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ic4NpYfjz7\">https:\/\/t.co\/ic4NpYfjz7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1367250433350066184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2767\" data-end=\"2804\">\u201cSecurity\u201d as a Weapon of Control<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2806\" data-end=\"3036\">In his speeches, Radan lauded improvements in road access, electricity, and gas supply in parts of the province\u2014echoing state propaganda that the region is on a \u201cpath to progress.\u201d Yet for many residents, these claims ring hollow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3038\" data-end=\"3314\">In practice, development remains deeply uneven, and government projects are often designed to serve military and extraction interests, not local communities. Meanwhile, reports of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-protests-continue-amid-growing-discontent-and-economic-struggles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demolished homes<\/a>, arbitrary detentions, and mass surveillance continue to fuel distrust.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3316\" data-end=\"3352\">A Region That Will Not Surrender<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3354\" data-end=\"3661\">For many Baluchis, the new command structure is seen not as a solution but a symptom of Tehran\u2019s desperation. From the memory of fallen protestors\u2014including five-year-old Youssef Shahli-bar\u2014to the swelling ranks of the unemployed and disenfranchised, the wounds are deep and the resolve, stronger than ever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3849\" data-end=\"4089\">As Iran\u2019s ruling clerics cling to control through militarization and manipulation, the people of Sistan and Baluchestan continue to demonstrate that no tactical reshuffle can subdue a population determined to reclaim its dignity and rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Iranian regime has officially announced the establishment of a new police command for the southern region of Sistan and Baluchestan, a move it claims is aimed at improving security 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