India, Jan. 11 -- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that safeguarding national security was a "red line", as the most widespread protests in years continued overnight.

The IRGC - an elite Iranian force separate from the army - said on Saturday that it would protect the country's security and the achievements of the 1979 Islamic revolution.

It accused "terrorists" of targeting military and law enforcement bases over the past two nights, killing citizens and security officers, as well as setting property on fire.

Meanwhile the army, which like the IRGC is also commanded by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said it would "protect and safeguard national interests, the country's strategic infrastructure and public pr...