NCRI – The mullahs' regime introduced on Monday a new suppressive force for what it called "help restoring order in the gas stations" in case of potential public protests.
"With assistance from the Oil Ministry, in enforcing the law and order, we will use Bassij personnel to help police the gas stations. The new measure will go into effect in 10 days time," the state-run news agency Fars quoted Colonel Hadi Hashemi, chief of the traffic violation in the State Security Forces (SSF) – mullahs' suppressive police — in greater Tehran.
"The gas stations are twice as crowded as they should be. In past three decades, there has not been built a new gas station in the greater Tehran," Col. Hashemi said.
What the clerical regime fears the most are popular upheavals such as fuel uprisings of last summer.
On June 26, 2007 and shortly after the Iranian regime announced the start of a fuel rationing program, residents in Tehran, Khuzestan, Gorgan, Azerbaijan, and elsewhere took to the streets in protest.
The protests and demonstrations continued into the morning hours in many areas of the capital, including Azadi, Saharvardi, Piroozi, Imam Hossein, and Tehran-No streets.
To crackdown on the protests and prevent them from spreading into other areas, the regime dispatched its suppressive forces, including the Revolutionary Guards, the Bassij paramilitary force, State Security Forces, and intelligence agents into the streets. As a result, scores of people were arrested and/or injured.
