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Iran Focus
 Tehran, Iran, Nov. 30 – A new wave of crackdown was
launched on “trouble-makers” in Tehran,
state-run dailies reported a senior police commander in the Iranian capital
as saying on Wednesday.
Colonel Hamid Andarzchamani
said that as of Monday, a 10-day plan was being run by police in Greater
Tehran’s various districts to combat “dirty elements in society”. The plan
has been code-named “Zafar (Victory) 2”.
“As part of this plan, open symbols of corruption and crimes will be rounded
up”, Andarzchamani said, adding that under the
original “Plan to Combat Corruption”, or “Zafar”,
more than 250 operations were carried out in 50 restive locations.
The first “Plan to Combat Trouble-makers” was 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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