A staged show of numbers. On 18 Sept the article says Tehran hosted “Janfada-ye Iran,” two days after the fourth anniversary of the 2022 uprising. State media claimed 313,000 people; President Pezeshkian and senior officers attended. Uniforms, volunteers, drones, and hardware were on the streets. Officials have talked of 1,000 “popular resistance” battalions and 1,000 emergency units, with training that includes local security and counterintelligence—not only wartime drills.

The other calendar. The piece says security was already high before 16 Sept. Police chief Ahmadreza Radan claimed arrests of PMOI/MEK members. The same article credits “Resistance Units” with graffiti and projections on 15 Sept and with actions against security sites in many cities on the 16th. Those are the author’s claims, not independently confirmed here.

Prices, not just parades. It cites the rial falling from about 1 million to the dollar a year ago to more than 2.2 million, 12-month average inflation 69.9%, and a 8 Sept doubling of unsubsidized gasoline (50,000 to 100,000 rials a liter). Author’s point: street control is not the same as easing the squeeze that fed past unrest.

On September 18, the Iranian regime staged one of its largest government-organized street mobilizations in Tehran since the beginning of the recent war. The “Janfada-ye Iran” campaign brought uniformed participants, armed volunteers, drones and other military hardware into the streets, while state media claimed a 313,000-person turnout. Regime president Masoud Pezeshkian and senior military officials attended the event.

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