Hundreds of Bassji and militiamen have been deployed in the central City of Shiraz and its suburbs. These repressive forces are composed by the most brutal elements of the Ashoora and Al-Zahra brigades.
Tens of residents have been arrested and many Shirazis especially women have been harassed for the same usual pretexts, such as, the "non observance of Islamic tradition or mandatory veil".
Many of the regime's agents are involved in playing in maneuvers, such as, taking back the city from 'unidentified' forces by using guerilla tactics.
Reports from several other Iranian cities, such as Esfahan, Kermanshah and the Capital, are stating about an unprecedented increase of repressive measures and arrests under various labels, such as, fighting hooligans and drug or alcoholic beverages smugglers.
The unprecedented increase of regime forces in cities and their brutal behavior, acting most of the time like an occupation force, is showing the fear of the Islamic republic's leadership of future popular riots.
