Long lines of police vehicles carrying arrested “thugs” — mostly Iranians accused of theft and knife attacks — are becoming increasingly commonplace scenes in the capital, Tehran, and in a few other cities in what authorities are calling “maneuvers of power” and law enforcement.
Footage of “big thugs turned into mice” was broadcast from state TV, showing handcuffed detainees in slippers, standing in the back of police vans that cruised through neighborhoods where the suspects allegedly committed crimes.
