Hassan Karami, the commander of the Iranian regime’s special anti-riot units, recently made a revealing statement about the regime’s fear of a nationwide uprising while boasting about having crushed Iran’s democratic revolution.
Karami stated “Our vision is to cover at least 400 cities and areas nationwide to counter riots and the enemy’s supposed movements. We should double our capacity in the [Persian New Year of] 1402,” he said, as reported by different state-run outlets on March 25.
Despite Ali Khamenei’s claims of victory over riots in his annual Nowruz speech, Karami’s statement implicitly acknowledges the society’s volatility and the fact that at least 400 cities and areas are on the verge of explosion. This is why the regime is doubling its anti-riot units and facilities, admitting that future demonstrations would be more extensive and pose a greater existential threat to the regime.
The reason for Karami’s contradictory remark about oppressing the nationwide protest while exhibiting such fear of future demonstrations is the ongoing protests and the bravery of the defiant youth across Iran. The regime has attempted to detract the revolution in the making from its main course and the goal of regime change.
Moreover, the brave “Resistance Units” of the People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK) have kept the fire of protests alight through their activities across Iran. The Friday prayer leaders have also expressed their fear of the MEK’s leading role in protests. They have tried to portray the MEK and its network as foreign agents.
The Security and Anti-Terrorism Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has exposed a classified directive of the regime’s Social Security Organization of Armed Forces (SATA) for creating 22-person rapid-deployment suppressive teams, arming them, and supplying them with economic holding funds in Basij force within departments of Fars and East Azerbaijan Petrochemical industry.
The Iranian Resistance has obtained another confidential document from the regime’s Armed Forces Social Security Organization-Intelligence Protection, which reports giving 10-million-rial rewards to 400 personnel of the special anti-riot units.
Karami’s warning to the Iranian people and the recent documents obtained by the Iranian Resistance once again indicate that the mullahs are resorting to more violence in a bid to preserve their grip on power. But the continuation of protests across Iran shows that oppression has a reverse effect and encourages people to continue their demonstrations.
The failure of the systematic oppression of the nationwide uprising in a country where the entire security is designed to quash protests also emphasizes the success of an organized resistance movement that will not bow to tyranny.
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