Iran’s police chief Ahmad‑Reza Radan has warned Iranians that anyone who takes to the streets to protest “will be treated not as protesters but as enemies.”
“Security forces have their fingers on the trigger,” Radan said on state TV Tuesday night.
In January, mass anti-government demonstrations spread across Iran in a wave of nationwide unrest that was brutally suppressed by Iran’s security forces.
Last week, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Iranian people should not protest while US and Israeli strikes in Iran are ongoing, but said there will “come a moment” when President Donald Trump or the Iranian people will determine “it’s the time to seize that advantage” and rise up against the government.
