Iran’s parliament voted on Tuesday to approve the use of the death penalty against demonstrators arrested during the country’s ongoing protest movement—sparked in September with the death of ...

On April 30, 1980, a bill to set up the National Basij Organization was approved in the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to the bill, Basij is tasked with countering any foreign military aggression ...

For many working-class Iranians, the Basij is simply a vehicle for social and economic mobility—an access ticket to a better life. The group is called the Basij. It is classified by both the U.S. and ...

The EU's decision to impose restrictive measures on senior Iranian commanders from the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, the paramilitary Basij and the State Security Force has marked a new ...

The maneuvers include local Basij volunteer forces and are seen as a response to potential regional conflicts. With increased tensions and military modernization, Iran’s leadership, under ...

The march was organized by Tehran's 27th Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces Mohammad Rasulullah Division with the participation of IRGC members, voluntary Basij forces and ordinary people ...

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One member of the Basij paramilitary militia was "killed by rioters with a gunshot" at one of the protest sites in Tehran, according to Basij News, the official website run by the Basij organisation.

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Thousands of people protested in Tehran on Friday against the Israeli attacks on Gaza and in solidarity with the Lebanese ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A large-scale exercise involving 110,000 members of the Iranian Basij (volunteer) forces was held in capital Tehran on Friday, January 10. The drill, designed as a cultural and ...

Azimi also said the exercises would test the capabilities of Iran's Basij paramilitary forces, who are tasked with maintaining domestic security. The war games are likely aimed not only at ...