Security forces pressure shop owners to hand over CCTV footage
As a heavy security presence continues in Iranian cities following the spread of protests, messages from citizens indicate security agents are visiting homes and businesses to identify protesters and pressuring them to hand over CCTV memory cards.
A resident of Isfahan told Iran International on Saturday that agents visited his shop and neighboring businesses, pressuring them to surrender CCTV footage for review.
Similar reports from Tehran and other cities about pressure to hand over residential building CCTV footage have also been received.
Security agents have also set up checkpoints in public areas, searching mobile phones and vehicles. According to these reports, citizens found with protest images on their phones have been detained.
