Tehran Remains Under Martial Law After Savage Crackdown on Protests

Residents of Iran’s capital of Tehran told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) on Monday that the city remains under “virtual martial law” after last week’s murderous crackdown on protesters, with a heavy security presence rolling through the largely-deserted streets.

“The feeling of martial law is completely in place at night. One of the reasons for that is that the armed forces randomly stop cars. They check the entire car and also mobile phones. They ask people to unlock their phones,” said a Tehran resident who fled the city a few days before speaking with RFE/RL.

The source added that regime security forces are “checking citizens’ activities on social media as well as their phone photo galleries looking for evidence of the individual’s presence at the