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Iran Focus
 Tehran, Iran,
Jan. 02 – Iran’s State Security Forces (SSF) have arrested hundreds of individuals
in the north-eastern province of Khorrasan Razavi as part of a crackdown of “trouble-makers”, Fars news agency, which is close to the Office of the
Supreme Leader, reported.
Agents of the SSF and VEVAK, Iran’s
notorious secret police, arrested 770 individuals as part of the second phase
of the “Plan to Combat Trouble-makers”, code-named “Zafar
2”, meaning victory.
Close to 300 of those arrested are to be formally tried in special Islamic
courts set up to deal with the “trouble-makers”.
The “Plan to Combat Trouble-makers” was initially launched in Tehran in September and
soon spread to cities and towns across the nation. Under the scheme,
thousands were arrested within a period of several months on various charges
such as “racketeering” and “loansharking”.
Iranian officials often refer to millions of unemployed young men, who are
largely beset by frustration and despair, as “trouble-makers”.
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