the security forces and even military forces have amassed in the city, this is the provincial city capital denver 25 days in a row, they have been repressing the protesters. more troops apparently coming from other provinces into that particular city that has a history of resisting the islamic republic from the early years of the revolution. they are deploying a huge number of troops near the iraqi border. they may launch a grand offensive against what they describe as kurdish iranian opposition camps across the board. they are looking to divert attention from the protest and provoke kurdish groups into military action in order to create a pretext for the cities in other parts of the country. >> does this also tell you that the islamic republic considers the courage to be the biggest threat to power? >> to the extent that the opposition groups are among the most organized groups and kurdish society is generally very organized politically. this new round of protests in iran is quiet new in scale of spread across iran. also, following a general strike in kurdistan. this quickly spread to the rest o