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Iran Focus
 Tehran, Iran, Oct. 22 – More than 2,000 “trouble-makers” have been
arrested in Tehran province over the past nine days, Iran’s state-run press
reported on Saturday.
Chief of police in Tehran
province, Brigadier General Reza Zarei, was
quoted as saying that the individuals had been arrested since the launch of
a new crackdown on “trouble-makers” in the province.
Since early September, the “Plan to Combat Trouble-makers” has been in
effect in the Iranian capital. The crackdown was recently extended by Tehran’s Islamic
Revolutionary Prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, who announced that it would last until at
least October 26 and may be extended once again.
Zarei said that the plan was extended to all of Tehran province since
October 11 and would last for a period of one month.
The Tehran
province police chief said that there had been an increase in crimes such
as “racketeering” and “loansharking”, and 15
smaller plans had been launched to deal with such crimes.
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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