IRGC chief says Mahsa Amini protests were 'strongest, most dangerous'

The commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Hossein Salami stated that the protests sparked after the murder of Mahsa Amini by Tehran's "morality police" were "the strongest, most dangerous, and most serious" such protests in Iran during a conference of Basij officials on Tuesday.

Salami additionally referred to the protests as "the most unequal and broadest global fight against Iran's Islamic system," claiming that "the enemy was defeated in this heavy fight," according to the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News Agency.

"Basij and IRGC personnel entered the field in the great sedition of the previous year with planning, steady steps, high self-confidence, and high hopes, and together with the people, they defeated it by foiling the enemy's plans," said Salami.

The IRGC commander also accused "the enemy" (usually a reference to the US and Israel) of planning to spark new protests on the anniversary of Amini's death. READ MORE