Basij (Persian: بسيج) is a Persian word defined variously as mobilization, public preparation, nation will and popular determination, and the unity and preparation of the people to do important works.

Nov 8, 2024 · The Sâzmân-e Basij-e Mostaz’afin (“The Organization for Mobilization of the Oppressed”), aka Basij, is a branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) …

Oct 6, 2010 · The Basij Resistance Force is a volunteer paramilitary organization operating under the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). It is an auxiliary force with many duties, …

Dec 5, 2022 · The IRGC's militia, the Basij, consists of millions of parliamentary volunteers trained to kill and be killed.

Oct 15, 2020 · Basij played a key role in sending many schoolboys to the frontlines during the bloody Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s. According to regime sources, more than 36,000 young …

Oct 22, 2022 · Last month, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned a deputy commander of the Basij, accusing him and the militia of killing unarmed protesters on “numerous occasions.”

Sep 22, 2022 · Iranian security forces, including the pro-government Basij militia, are trying to quell growing nationwide protests that erupted after a woman died in the custody of the …

Feb 26, 2024 · Sâzmân-e Basij-e Mostaz'afin, or the Basij, is an Iranian paramilitary militia organized under the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IGRC). Formed in the wake of the …

The Basij (Persian: بسيج, lit. "The Mobilization"), Niru-ye Moghāvemat-e Basij ( Persian : نیروی مقاومت بسیج , "Mobilisation Resistance Force"), full name Sāzmān-e Basij-e Mostaz'afin ( Persian : …

Oct 13, 2022 · During the ruinous Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, the Basij led notorious “human wave” attacks against Saddam Hussein’s army, with large numbers of poorly armed fighters …