Iran pumps large Bassij militia forces into Tehran to prevent new clashes on Thursday

 The Iranian government Wednesday, Oct. 3, invoked the emergency measures drawn up

for the 2009 protests to deploy large-scale Bassij militia forces in the capital and put down the first angry protests against mounting economic hardship and the plummeting rial.   The brutal Bassij militia were accordingly sent into Tehran. They were told to spread out early Thursday and force the merchants to open their shops.