نیروی انتظامی

FARAJA includes traffic police, criminal investigation, border guards, drug enforcement, cyber police (FATA), economic-crimes police, and gasht-e ershâd. The commander is appointed by the Supreme Leader. He reports operationally up the General Staff of the Armed Forces, which also reports to the Supreme Leader. The civilian Interior Minister has formal cabinet authority but operational control sits elsewhere. During protest cycles FARAJA coordinates with the IRGC and Basij; the firing line shooting protesters in Mahsa-protest videos is sometimes FARAJA, sometimes Basij, sometimes IRGC, often a mix.