Basij
Irregular Military
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Iran clerics start gaining control of schools...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 to become stooges of the government and kill citizens holding peaceful protests. Mousavi says... In this article: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Islamic, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Basij, Tehran, and Etemad |
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Times Online | November 04, 2009
Protesters attacked by militiamen as Iranian regime faces revolt on anti-US day
...and police helicopters hovered. Basiji surrounded the Academy of Arts to prevent Mir Hossein Mousavi, the former Prime Minister defeated by Mr Ahmadinejad in June, from joining the demonstrations. Mehdi Karroubi, another defeated...
In this article: US, Tehran University, Mehdi Karroubi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran, Academy of Arts, and Mir Hossein Mousavi
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Stuff | November 04, 2009
Mousavi supporters clash with police
...President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. "There are hundreds, chanting 'God is greatest'. Police and Basij militia are outnumbering the protesters," the witness said. Iran's Revolutionary Guards and its allied Basij militia have warned the...
In this article: Mirhossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, US, Tehran, God, UN, and Europe
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Guardian Unlimited | November 04, 2009
Iran's anti-US protests could backfire
...ostensibly to protest at Moscow's speedy recognition of Ahmadinejad's disputed "victory", and of plans by the licensed thugs of the Basij militia to storm the British embassy compound in the next street. Iran-watchers and analysts at home...
In this article: United States, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Islamic, Greens, Tehran, Democracy, Detainee, and Green movement
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Newsweek World News | November 04, 2009
Iranian Protesters Finally Look to America
...the regime writ large. Riot police, plainclothes security officials, and members of the Basij militia attacked the protesters with batons and tear gas, injuring several of them, according to pro-reform Web sites. (The demonstrations today,...
In this article: Barack Obama, Iran, Tehran, United States, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, White House, Democracy, and Newsweek
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www.matthiaskuentzel.de
Matthias Küntzel: Ahmadinejad's Demons
It was this culture that nurtured Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's worldview. ... As Basij ideology and influence enjoy a renaissance under Ahmadinejad, the ...
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www.irannewsnow.com
Iran News Now | Tag Archive | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Tags: Basij, dissent, Khamenei, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mashaei, Rigged Iran Presidential Election ... Basij, iran, Iran Presidential Elections, Mahmoud ...
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www.globalsecurity.org
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Global Security.org
On 24 June 2005 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (pronounced mah-MOOD ah-mah-dih-nee-ZHAHD) ... The Basij Forces, or Mobilization Resistance Force, a volunteer paramilitary ...
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topics.nytimes.com
Basij Militia News - The New York Times
... Basij militia. Commentary and archival information about Basij militia ... MORE ON THE BASIJ MILITIA AND: POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, IRAN, AHMADINEJAD, MAHMOUD ...
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www.wilayahnetwork.com
Ahmadinejad addresses Basij members (WilayahNews.com)
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday the Iranian nation is a benevolent ... President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Saturday that if enemies want to violate ...
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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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