Tehran prepares massive security operation for Ali Khamenei's July 9 burial, mobilizing Basij militia and IRGC for expected historic turnout.
Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Tuesday (local time) claimed that it had killed Iran's Gholamreza Soleimani, the commander of the Basij unit, which is the internal security paramilitary militia of the ...
The Basij are a volunteer militia involved in various security functions under the direction of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Established in 1979, the group consists of around 90,000 active ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A poster of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the successor to his late father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader is placed on an ...
An Iranian holding a picture of Basij commander Gholamreza Soleimani during a funeral in Tehran on Wednesday.Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images Israel’s military said it had killed the intelligence chief of ...
The Basij, initially paramilitary volunteers, came to prominence during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) as it organized groups of teens to sweep minefields by running across them, with plastic keys to ...
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DUBAI, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Iranian security forces, including the pro-government Basij militia, are trying to quell growing nationwide protests that erupted after a woman died in the custody of the ...
In his article “An American in Tehran” (April 2010, In These Times), Matthew Cassel would have us believe that Iran’s infamous Basij paramilitary force has gotten a bad rap. Matthew Cassel presents ...
Iran has sentenced to death five people over the killing of a member of the Basij paramilitary force during nationwide protests, the judiciary said on December 6. Another 11 people, including three ...
You don’t know whom to trust nowadays in Tehran. Members of the feared Basij paramilitary roam the streets at night, often blending in with people lounging in parks or window-shopping at the capital’s ...