Regime arrests 41 over fear of Fire Festival protests

The social assistant of the Tehran Security Forces said that 694,000 flammable materials were discovered in Tehran

"In light of the measures taken out by the police like mobile and immobile checkpoints, and undercover and non-undercover patrols, the police have so far found 694,549 flammable materials and 501 kilos of the primary materials for explosives", Yarandi said regarding the latest measures taken out by police for the last Wednesday of the year (when Iranians celebrate the ancient Zoroastrian tradition of the Fire Festival). "In this regard, 41 people were arrested as suspects in Tehran".