Ahmedreza Radan, the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Republic’s law enforcement forces, said more than six thousand people were detained in connection with the protests of Dey 1404. He called these protests “a coup.”

Radan said on Sunday evening, 22 Shahrivar, in an interview with the Islamic Republic of Iran’s state TV (IRIB) that three more people were also detained overnight in one of the provinces of Iran, but he did not announce the names of these individuals or the location of their detention.

He said: “If someone wants to sell the country’s interests and create insecurity in the country, we will see them as an enemy and deal with them firmly.”

Radan also said: “We have 30 million selfless people who will be on the scene before anyone wants to [do anything].” He added: “Our finger is like the finger of our dear ones in the IRGC and Basij, on the trigger.”