[KGeorge]

They are “so-called” anti-riot police. Photos here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009–10_Iranian_election_protests

photos on right, 4th row from the top- click to enlarge (but it isn’t captioned)

and here

http://cryptome.org/info/iran-police3/iran-police3.htm

more than halfway down the page; the ones with the “cowled” helmets

[caww]

Thanks..that’s what I thought when putting them up.