Tehran, Iran – Iranian authorities have warned they will forcefully act against any anti-establishment internal protests as Israel and the United States threatened to further target the paramilitary Basij forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have said they want to see the 47-year-old theocratic establishment in Iran overthrown. They have asked Iranians to remain vigilant in their homes and “be ready to seize the moment”.Ahmad-Reza Radan, the chief of police, told state television in a programme aired Tuesday night that if any Iranians take to the streets “at the will of the enemy”, then “we will not see them as a protester or something else; we will see them as the enemy and do with them what we do with the enemy”.“All of our guys are ready with their fingers on the triggers to safeguard their revolution, to back their people and country,” he said.This comes two months after thousands were killed during nationwide protests that Iranian authorities blamed on “terrorists” backed by the US and Israel. The United Nations and international human rights organisations condemned state forces for what they called a crackdown against peaceful protesters and for a 20-day total internet shutdown.Radan confirmed that police forces, in tandem with the paramilitary Basij, have been patrolling the street …
