Iran Press/ America: In recent days, with the approach of the US presidential election day, warnings about unrest on this day and its aftermath, in the US have increased, Xinhua reported.
In Washington, D.C., shopfronts are boarding up their windows with plywood or putting up other makeshift barriers, some of them stretching nearly entire blocks.
"We do not have any intelligence on planned activity to suggest the need to board up; however, we remain vigilant," John Falcicchio, deputy mayor of Washington, D.C. for planning and economic development, said in a statement.
"We understand the difficult position building owners and operating businesses are in, and we call upon all who participate in First Amendment activities to denounce violence and report it immediately should it occur," he said.
Fences have been erected around the White House, where demonstrators gathered Saturday night to protest against US President Donald Trump. Cardboards on which anti-Trump slogans were written were attached on the fences.
Similar scenes of businesses protecting their properties also appeared on the streets in Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago.
In Chicago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot asked residents to express their political opinions in a safe way. "What I'm encouraging people to do is to express themselves... but do it in a way that honors our traditions," she said during a news conference Friday. "We don't have the right to take out our frustration, our anger, on someone else."
Americans will vote on Tuesday, November 3, in order to elect their next president, either giving Trump another four years or handing over the keys to the White House to Biden.
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