Iran Guards vow protest crackdown



Iran's Revolutionary Guards have threatened to crack down on any new street protests against the results of the country's presidential election. In a statement, the guards vowed to react in a "revolutionary" way to suppress unauthorised demonstrations.
The Revolutionary Guards, Iran's elite security force, have close ties to the country's supreme leader.
On Friday Ayatollah Ali Khamenei banned protests, prompting street violence in which at least 10 people died.
The streets of Tehran were quieter on Sunday but new protests are planned for Monday.
Opposition supporters passing messages online said they planned to carry candles at a rally in Tehran in the evening in memory of those killed.
'Revolutionary confrontation'
In a statement posted on their website, the Guards said their troops would break up street protests and force protesters from the streets.
"Be prepared for a resolution and revolutionary confrontation with the Guards, Basij [pro-government militia] and other security forces and disciplinary forces," the Associated Press news agency quoted the Guards as saying.
The plain-clothed Basij militia was involved in quelling earlier protests during more than a week of demonstrations against the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Mr Ahmadinejad was named as the winner of the 12 June election.
Results showed Mr Ahmadinejad won the election by a landslide, taking 63% of the vote, almost double that of Mir Hossein Mousavi, his nearest rival.
Following complaints, the powerful Guardian Council, which oversees the electoral process, now says it has found evidence that more votes were cast in some constituencies than there were registered voters.
But the number had "no effect on the result of the elections", a council spokesman said on Monday.


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