Are Iran's Protests Over? Tehran Sends In Elite Guards to Crush Anti-Government Demonstrations
Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced Wednesday it would deploy its forces across the country in a bid to suppress days of deadly protests that have shaken Tehran’s clerical establishment. At least 21 people have been killed in the protests, which in the Iranian city of Mashhad and then spread across the country, swelling into the largest demonstrations since the so-called Green Revolution of 2009. Speaking to Iran’s semi-official FARS news agency, which is linked to the IRGC, the group’s commander Mohammad Ali ...
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