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Iran: 228 youths arrested in Karaj

An archive picture of police brutality in IranNCRI – On Wednesday, shortly after the execution of 10 prisoners in the notorious Tehran Evin prison, the mullahs' suppressive security forces arrested 228 youths on the pretext of fighting "thugs and hooligans" in Karaj, 40 kilometers west of the capital.

Brig. Gen. Akbar Shahi, chief of the State Security Forces (SSF) mullahs' –suppressive police — for Tehran province was quoted by the official daily Kayhan as  saying on November 27, "The arrests are part of 'Discipline Plan' which is operational in all provinces of the country."

"As an example, 230 [SSF] teams comprised of 1,000 men from the early hours of yesterday [November 26] have begun their surveillance drills in Hesarak District of Karaj," Shahi said.

Implementing various security plans by the SSF is indicative of mullahs' increasing fear of the growing popular hatred for their regime. They are terrified mostly of the youths' uprisings 

The Iranian Resistance calls on all human rights organizations to condemn the Iranian regime's suppressive measures against the people and refer its human rights dossier to the UN Security Council for imposition of comprehensive sanctions.      

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
November 28, 2008