The statement issued by the Mojahedin Command HQ in Iran pointed out that the clerical regime's security and intelligence agencies have resorted to a wide array of actions to counter the nationwide campaign being undertaken by supporters of the Mojahedin and the Resistance to mark the anniversary of June 20, the day the Resistance began in 1981 and the day the Iranian Resistance has earmarked as the Day of Martyrs and Political Prisoners.
The clerical regime has significantly increased the number of mobile patrols roaming city streets and has set up many more checkpoints. The Guards stop and search cars and pedestrians, fire into the air to terrorize the public, set up roadblocks and carry out random arrests. In city districts where there have been antigovernment disturbances recently, schools have been ordered to shut down until further notice. The presence of Revolutionary Guards in entrances to cities and also in border areas has been beefed up.
In Khorram-Abad (capital of the western province of Lorestan) the harsh and violent treatment of residents by Revolutionary Guards at checkpoints and during body searches have sparked off antigovernment protests, especially by young people. There have been several shoot-outs between the two sides. In Ilam (in the south-west province of Ilam), security agents have been conducting a house-to-house search in pursuit of Mojahedin supporters and young protesters. Women supporters of the Mojahedin have been specially targeted.
In clashes in the cities of Dezful, Ahwaz and Abadan in the oil-rich south-west province of Khuzistan, a number of Revolutionary Guards and Intelligence Ministry agents have been killed or wounded. A Mojahedin activist was slain in the fighting, but others returned safely to their bases.
People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran
June 17, 1999
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