Iran to deploy IRGC troops to disperse protests, US media reports

According to US reports, Iranian authorities will soon deploy the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to contain popular protests in the country.

US media, citing sources in the Iranian government, report that Tehran is preparing an operation to disperse protests in various Iranian cities using elite forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

According to The New York Times, this is due to the inability of civilian authorities to establish contact with protest leaders and stop the growing unrest in the country. The same government sources acknowledge that officials are feeling powerless in the face of the wave of popular discontent over economic problems.