Dressed in black, the group of chanting schoolgirls in the Iranian city of Shiraz appeared determined to make themselves heard. “Basiji, go and get lost,” they shouted at a man in a gray suit standing ...

He is widely known as “the Big Mouth Basiji.” He’s omnipresent at state-organized demonstrations, including Friday Prayers, where he is often seen shouting slogans with a raised fist and gaping mouth.

One night he came home covered with blood. “What happened?” she asked, looking up from her textbook, aghast at the red splashes on his hands, shirt and face. “Nothing,” he said, before ducking into ...

The website of the students of Tehran's Amir Kabir University has posted a video of some of yesterday's clashes between students and government forces, including Basiji paramilitaries. The students ...

Sexual harassment, forced marriage and rape — it’s just par for the course for Basiji militiamen. In a provocative article in the Jerusalem Post, an anonymous member of Iran’s paramilitary details ...

TEHRAN — On the fashionable streets of the city’s north, young men and women in bluejeans and designer clothes sometimes smirk at Morteza Amiri, with his thick black beard and black shirt. They stare, ...

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 ...

“On Yadegar Freeway to Azadi Junction around 4 PM — there were people moving in small groups, and there were Basiji and riot police in full body armor walking through the people. In every street ...

He is widely known as "the Big Mouth Basiji." He's omnipresent at state-organized demonstrations, including Friday Prayers, where he is often seen shouting slogans with a raised fist and gaping mouth.

Fresh footage. From all the cell-phones and cameras and videocams, this revolution may be broadcast despite the banning of foreign press. Again, it is hard to offer real context for these images. But ...

(New York) - The Iranian government should investigate the nation's top security officials to determine whether attacks on demonstrators and detainees following the disputed June 12, 2009 election ...