Basij
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New spy charge against jailed Iranian-American...a court in a mass trial criticized by the opposition and rights groups as a show trial. Iranian clerics, who are members of the Basij militia affiliated to the Revolutionary Guard, chant the slogan "death to Israel", during a ceremony... In this article: Kian Tajbakhsh, Basij, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Tehran, Iran, and United States |
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Boston Globe -- Today's paper A to Z | 1 day ago
Fighting West’s sway, Iran’s clerics tighten grip on schools
...television yesterday during a meeting with Revolutionary Guard commanders and the affiliated paramilitary Basij forces. Mousavi's statement said the Basij, the street wing of the Guard, was created by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the father...
In this article: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Islam, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Etemad, Khameini, and Tehran
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AP Online | 1 day ago
Iran clerics start gaining control of schools
...Wednesday during a meeting with Revolutionary Guard commanders and its affiliate paramilitary Basij forces. Mousavi's statement said the Basij, the street wing of the Guard, was created as a popular body to serve the public and not...
In this article: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Islamic, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Tehran, and Etemad
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AP Online | 4 days ago
Iran begins war games to protect nuclear sites
...would cover regions where Iran's nuclear facilities are located. The drill involves Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard, the paramilitary Basij forces affiliated with the Guard as well as army units. The United States and its European allies...
In this article: Iran, United States, Israel, Uranium, and Barack Obama
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WGN | 16 hours ago
Imprisoned Iranian-American scholar faces new charges of espionage in Iran
Iranian clerics, who are members of the Basij militia affiliated to the Revolutionary Guard, chant the slogan "death to Israel", during a ceremony commemorating 30th anniversary of the Basij foundation, at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque, in...
In this article: Kian Tajbakhsh, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Tehran, United States, and Defendant
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Honolulu Star Bulletin | 3 days ago
Iran expanding effort to stifle the opposition
...population. In recent weeks, the government has announced a variety of new ideological offensives. It is implanting 6,000 Basij militia centers in elementary schools across Iran to promote the ideals of the Islamic Revolution and it has...
In this article: Iran, Internet filtering software, Syracuse University, and Joint Forces Command
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The Basij (بسيج) (literally "Mobilization"; also Basij-e Mostaz'afin, literally "Mobilization of the Oppressed"; officially Nirouye Moqavemate Basij, literally "Mobilisation Resistance Force") is a paramilitary volunteer militia founded by the order of the Ayatollah Khomeini in November 1979. The Basij are subordinate to, and receive their orders from, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and current Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.
The force has been widely used in order to control the widescale protests following the 2009 Iranian presidential election. According to Iranian state-run media reports, eight of the 20 killed during the protests were members of Basij.
Consisting of young Iranians who volunteer to join this force, the Basij are most notable for their loyalty to the supreme leader Khamenei. Currently Basij serve as an auxiliary force engaged in activities such as internal security as well law enforcement auxiliary, the providing of social service, organizing of public religious ceremonies, and more controversially morals policing and the suppression of dissident gatherings. They have a local organization in almost every city in Iran.
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