.....So can it be described as a diplomtic endgame?....
Perhaps a better phrase would be "diplomatic quagmire".
Opposition members' homes raided by special forces
SMCCDI (Information Service)
Jul 14, 2003
Tens of opponents homes have been raided in the last four days by special units of the Islamic Intelligence Ministry assisted by the Pasdaran Corp. Intelligence members notorious for their brutality.
Opponents were arrested during late night or in the early hours of the morning and brought to the safe houses of the regime in order to be subject to "detailled" investigations and most likely torture in order to confess about their comardes and make false statements on "links with US and Israeli Intelligences" or "Drug Traffick".
These raids have been carried, mainly, in the cities of Tehran, Esfahan, Shiraz, Kermanshah and Ahwaz.
In addition, about seven thousands of additional foreign mercenaries and Bassidj members of the regime have been transferred from the SE Iran to the capital in order to reinforce the existing "NE Bassidj Command of the Greater Tehran".
More bycicle units have been created and have been placed under the authority of the infamous "Reza -Zadeh" who has in charge the "kamranieh" and "Apic Street" units of these motorized baton Welding units created for the speedy smash ability of demonstrations.
The security measures of the 9th District of the Capital has been placed under the command of a named "Shamloo" who was involved in the supervizion of the bloody attack of July 9th, 1999, against the Students Dorms. The latter is a former "Iran Khodro" employee known for his fanatism and brutality against other workers. Many of the governmental shops of this district which their managers are linked to the offices of the Supreme Leader are responding to him for the collection of information but especially for allowing the warehouses of these facilities to become the safe houses of the regime for the forced interrogation of arrested opponents.
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