Not only a tool to justify U.S. and Israeli intervention, the label is increasingly dividing Iranian society from within.
He added: "The army of a nation must do the main fighting. The Basiji, voluntary forces from elsewhere can only fight alongside the army of that country. If the local army shows weakness ...
It has now become a thought, culture, and discourse. And millions of Iranians are enthusiastically offering voluntary services to their people and country and this is the culture of Basiji.
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