NCRI, 14 Jan 2013 – A senior commander of Iranian regime’s repressive State Security Forces says the force will include women units which “will be transformed to operational battalions in the times of crisis” and “riots,” state-run media reported on Saturday.
Hassan Karami, commander of Special Forces units in SSF said, “The plan for using females agents in Special Forces was proposed earlier this year” and “their areas of duty will include reconnaissance, making arrests, transfer and interrogation of detainees.”
Currently, the Iranian regime plans to have one women unit.  Karami said “if we do not succeed in having the unit by this year’s end (late March), we will certainly have such a unit next year.”
 He said the force will also include a special unit for “countering the riots.”
The decision is seen as an act of intimidation to counter anti-regime street protests.  Iranian women played a major role during the 2009 uprisings.