#iranbriefing/ A close ally of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has said that many young "hoodlums", some of whom might be convicted criminals, have been co-opted into the Basij militia and had played a significant role in suppressing street protests.
Ayatollah Ahmad Alamolhoda, prayer leader in Mashhad, Iran’s second largest city, and Khamenei’s representative in Razavi Khorasan Province, told a visiting group of parliament members on October 8 that the young men had undergone “cultural,” meaning religious, rehabilitation in joining local Basij groups. The cleric said they had played an important role in suppressing street protests, while combating poverty and deprivation in discharging their duties.
Iran experienced widespread unrest in 2017, 2018 and November 2019, when security forces, including the Basij, killed hundreds. Recently it was announced that the Basij would strengthen local units to improve ‘security.’
Hossein Hamednai, a Revolutionary Guards general killed in Syria in 2015, used the same tactic of recruiting detained criminals to suppress protests in Tehran following the 2009 disputed presidential elections.
Alamolhoda called on the parliamentarians to prevent “capitalists” from accumulating too much wealth and impoverishing people living in shantytowns. Alamolhoda, appointed by Khamenei as Mashhad Friday prayer leader in 2005 and a member of the Experts Assembly since 2007, is a powerful figure in the city and province, including in the oversight of the foundation managing the Imam Reza Shrine, whose businesses and property are valued in billions of dollars(link is external). Alamolhoda is also father-in-law of Ebrahim Raeesi, who headed the shrine before Khamenei appointed him as chief justice in 2019.
The ayatollah’s concern over poverty follows a dramatic economic downturn in the two years since the United States imposed draconian sanctions in 2018. The national currency, the rial, has lost most of its value while rising food prices are at hyperinflationary levels.
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Ayatollah Ahmad Alamolhoda, prayer leader in Mashhad, Iran’s second largest city, and Khamenei’s representative in Razavi Khorasan Province, told a visiting group of parliament members on October 8 that the young men had undergone “cultural,” meaning religious, rehabilitation in joining local Basij groups. The cleric said they had played an important role in suppressing street protests, while combating poverty and deprivation in discharging their duties.
Iran experienced widespread unrest in 2017, 2018 and November 2019, when security forces, including the Basij, killed hundreds. Recently it was announced that the Basij would strengthen local units to improve ‘security.’
Hossein Hamednai, a Revolutionary Guards general killed in Syria in 2015, used the same tactic of recruiting detained criminals to suppress protests in Tehran following the 2009 disputed presidential elections.
Alamolhoda called on the parliamentarians to prevent “capitalists” from accumulating too much wealth and impoverishing people living in shantytowns. Alamolhoda, appointed by Khamenei as Mashhad Friday prayer leader in 2005 and a member of the Experts Assembly since 2007, is a powerful figure in the city and province, including in the oversight of the foundation managing the Imam Reza Shrine, whose businesses and property are valued in billions of dollars(link is external). Alamolhoda is also father-in-law of Ebrahim Raeesi, who headed the shrine before Khamenei appointed him as chief justice in 2019.
The ayatollah’s concern over poverty follows a dramatic economic downturn in the two years since the United States imposed draconian sanctions in 2018. The national currency, the rial, has lost most of its value while rising food prices are at hyperinflationary levels.
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#iranbriefing/ A close ally of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has said that many young "hoodlums", some of whom might be convicted criminals, have been co-opted into the Basij militia and had played a significant role in suppressing street protests. Ayatollah…
#iranbriefing / The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) of Greater Tehran, Mohammad Reza Yazdi, announced the formation of a special coronavirus-related unit called "Enjoining the Good and Forbidding the Evil."
The unit will deal with people who are inattentive to observing health protocols in public places, said Brigadier General Yazdi, who commands the Tehran province's #IRGC forces.
Yazdi did not elaborate further on how "Enjoining the Good and Forbidding the Evil" unit would deal with offending citizens.
Yazdi also announced the free distribution of the face masks by the IRGC, adding, "We are ready to place the IRGC's medical equipment and facilities at the Ministry of Health's disposal to deal with the coronavirus."
Last week, President Hassan Rouhani announced a fine of 500,000 to 2000,000 rials (about $12 to $48 at the official rate) for those who do not comply with #COVID_19 regulations, saying that the police and the #Baseej forces, IRGC's militia, would oversee the collection of the fines.
According to Iranian health officials, more than four in five Iranians respected health protocols in March in the early weeks of the pandemic, but that has now dropped to as low as 40 percent.
Iran passed 30,000 official COVID-19 deaths on Saturday as health ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari announced 253 more deaths in the past 24 hours.
In March, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali #Khamenei assigned the Armed Forces to work on necessary methods to prevent a further spread of coronavirus, as well as other activities such as treatment of patients and establishment of medical centers like field hospitals and convalescent homes.
Despite those measures, the virus has continued to spread in Iran.
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The unit will deal with people who are inattentive to observing health protocols in public places, said Brigadier General Yazdi, who commands the Tehran province's #IRGC forces.
Yazdi did not elaborate further on how "Enjoining the Good and Forbidding the Evil" unit would deal with offending citizens.
Yazdi also announced the free distribution of the face masks by the IRGC, adding, "We are ready to place the IRGC's medical equipment and facilities at the Ministry of Health's disposal to deal with the coronavirus."
Last week, President Hassan Rouhani announced a fine of 500,000 to 2000,000 rials (about $12 to $48 at the official rate) for those who do not comply with #COVID_19 regulations, saying that the police and the #Baseej forces, IRGC's militia, would oversee the collection of the fines.
According to Iranian health officials, more than four in five Iranians respected health protocols in March in the early weeks of the pandemic, but that has now dropped to as low as 40 percent.
Iran passed 30,000 official COVID-19 deaths on Saturday as health ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari announced 253 more deaths in the past 24 hours.
In March, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali #Khamenei assigned the Armed Forces to work on necessary methods to prevent a further spread of coronavirus, as well as other activities such as treatment of patients and establishment of medical centers like field hospitals and convalescent homes.
Despite those measures, the virus has continued to spread in Iran.
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#iranbriefing / The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) of Greater Tehran, Mohammad Reza Yazdi, announced the formation of a special coronavirus-related unit called "Enjoining the Good and Forbidding the Evil." The unit will deal with…
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#iranbriefing/ Three months after the #Islamic #revolution of #Iran in 1979, Ruhollah #Khomeini ordered the formation of The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, also known as the #IRGC.
During the almost 8 year long #war between Iran and #Iraq, The IRGC took complete control of all operations from Iran’s #Army and established a total #monopoly over Iran’s internal #security and #military forces.
Having established total control over security and military affairs, the IRGC decided it was time to gradually step inside the world of #politics and with the permission Ruhollah Khomeini’s successor, Ali #Khamenei, the gates to Iran’s #economy started to open up to the IRGC.
A key supporter of IRGC’s looting is state-controlled national #TV, the IRIB, responsible for sanctifying IRGC, covering up and cleaning after them.
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#iranbriefing/ Three months after the #Islamic #revolution of #Iran in 1979, Ruhollah #Khomeini ordered the formation of The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, also known as the #IRGC.
During the almost 8 year long #war between Iran and #Iraq, The IRGC took complete control of all operations from Iran’s #Army and established a total #monopoly over Iran’s internal #security and #military forces.
Having established total control over security and military affairs, the IRGC decided it was time to gradually step inside the world of #politics and with the permission Ruhollah Khomeini’s successor, Ali #Khamenei, the gates to Iran’s #economy started to open up to the IRGC.
A key supporter of IRGC’s looting is state-controlled national #TV, the IRIB, responsible for sanctifying IRGC, covering up and cleaning after them.
#irgcterrorists #irgcterrorist #irgccyberwarfare #irgc
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