Iran: Revolutionary Guards chief tells protesters today is last day on streets

Hossein Salami's tough language raises fears security forces may be about to intensify crackdown on unrest

The head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards has told protesters that Saturday will be their last day of taking to the streets, in a sign that security forces may intensify their crackdown on unrest sweeping the country.

Iran has been gripped by protests since the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, in the custody of the morality police last month, posing one of the boldest challenges to the clerical leadership since the 1979 revolution.