Knowing Iran, this is a sign that the local police are refusing to beat, arrest or kill the protesters themselves. But that's always been a specialty of the fanatic Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and the mullahs' secret police/enforcers, the Basij. So Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini and the supposed "moderate," Iran's president Hassan Rouhani (Moderate, as opposed to what? Hannibal Lecter?), are calling out their Murder Gangs.
One would hope the cops and the soldiers join in the protests, but this is Iran we're talking about. And they're sitting on $140 billion our last president sent their way, along with a nice card, sealed with a kiss, and some roses, most likely. They can weather a sanctions regime or two from the West, in other words.
"Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have deployed forces to three provinces to put down an eruption of anti-government unrest after six days of protests that have rattled the clerical leadership and left 21 people dead.
The protests, which began last week out of frustration over economic hardships suffered by the youth and working class, have evolved into a rising against the powers and privileges of a remote elite especially Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Defying threats from the judiciary of execution if convicted of rioting, protests resumed after nightfall with hundreds hitting the streets of Malayer in Hamadan province chanting: "People are begging, the supreme leader is acting like God!"
Videos carried by social media showed protesters in the northern town of Nowshahr shouted "death to the dictator" -- an apparent reference to Khamenei.
In a sign of official concern about the resilience of the protests, the Revolutionary Guards commander, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, said he had dispatched forces to Hamadan, Isfahan and Lorestan provinces to tackle "the new sedition"."
"Politics is just show business for ugly people."
One would hope the cops and the soldiers join in the protests, but this is Iran we're talking about. And they're sitting on $140 billion our last president sent their way, along with a nice card, sealed with a kiss, and some roses, most likely. They can weather a sanctions regime or two from the West, in other words.
"Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have deployed forces to three provinces to put down an eruption of anti-government unrest after six days of protests that have rattled the clerical leadership and left 21 people dead.
The protests, which began last week out of frustration over economic hardships suffered by the youth and working class, have evolved into a rising against the powers and privileges of a remote elite especially Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Defying threats from the judiciary of execution if convicted of rioting, protests resumed after nightfall with hundreds hitting the streets of Malayer in Hamadan province chanting: "People are begging, the supreme leader is acting like God!"
Videos carried by social media showed protesters in the northern town of Nowshahr shouted "death to the dictator" -- an apparent reference to Khamenei.
In a sign of official concern about the resilience of the protests, the Revolutionary Guards commander, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, said he had dispatched forces to Hamadan, Isfahan and Lorestan provinces to tackle "the new sedition"."
"Politics is just show business for ugly people."