Brig. Gen. Ali Asghar Asadi, a commander with the State Security Forces (SSF) – mullahs' suppressive police – announced that "These teams are capable of carrying out an operation from A to Z," the state-run news agency Fars reported on Monday.
Separately, Brig. Gen. Hossein Sajedinia, deputy chief of (SSF) in greater Tehran claimed that in less than 24 hours "the [force under his command] has carried out 700 operations to enhance the 'public security'."
"In the past, the SSF would conduct its raids only at nights. In accordance with the third phase of 'boosting public security plan,' it will act round the clock now," Sajedinia added.
The so-called "boosting public security plan" was first introduced in April 2007 to combat popular uprisings. Mass street arrests of hundreds of thousands of women and youth under the pretext of "mal-veiling" and cracking down on "thugs and hooligans" followed. In the same period, more than 300 prisoners were sent to gallows.