The park itself has been surrounded by SSF, special units and other regime agents on motorbikes. In streets leading to Kargar Shomali Street, special units and SSF agents have been positioned and armed with various equipments to clamp down on protests.
Inside the park, the regime’s forces (including bikers, plain-clothes agents and SSF) are patrolling the area, preventing anyone to stand in one spot. People with cell phones are searched and questioned by SSF and plain-clothes agents.
SSF vehicles are parked at Keshavarz Boulevard at the Hejab intersection heading towards Kargar Street and Amirabad. Also parked at Keshavarz Boulevard are Volks Wagons of the mullahs’ Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), equipped with cameras and other equipment, meant to secretly monitor and film people.
Women, young and old, and youth are walking around the area, hoping to find an opportunity to form a crowd or gathering. Heavy traffic has gripped Keshavarz Boulevard and Amirabad Street as a result of the presence of a slew of suppressive forces.
Plain-clothes agents and special units have also been stationed in other parts of Tehran, including Enghelab Square, Ferdowsi Square, Haft-e Tir Square and Vali-e Asr Sqare.