The deputy commander of Iran’s police, Qasem Rezaei, said that they are working towards providing a peaceful environment for the election and are vigilant against any “foreign” attempts to disrupt the elections by inciting the “passions” of the people. Rezaei added that “if any seditionist, regardless of their title or the clothes they wear, wants to disturb the peace of the people, we will suffocate it at its seed”. The term “sedition” has religious connotations and is the general term used to label the 2009 post-election protests.
