The mortars hit and destroyed parts of the garrison. Subsequently, the Revolutionary Guards, the State Security Forces and Intelligence Ministry agents roamed the streets, sealing off the surrounding roads and streets and searching vehicles and pedestrians.
The Guards' Command HQ in Kermanshah commands the entire Revolutionary Guards forces in western Iran, including the combat units and those stationed in the cities. It also commands the paramilitary Bassij forces in Kermanshah, Ilam and Hamedan provinces.
This garrison and its subordinate forces play the primary role in confronting social uprisings and suppressing the youths and supporters of the Mojahedin in different cities and regions. To this end, it has stationed a Guards' combat brigade in every major city in the region. Rabbani, the garrison's commander, is the key member of Kermanshah Province's "Security Council."
Najaf Garrison in also responsible for extra-territorial terrorist operations and training terrorists to be sent abroad. In 1991, it commanded seven Guards Corps divisions and brigades which entered Iraq to suppress the Mojahedin.
The Guard's western command also crushed the uprisings in different cities in Kermanshah Province on December 10-15, 1996. It also suppressed the protests by the people of Jafar-Abad in the province in September 1998 and massacred innocent residents.
People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran
February 24, 2000
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