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Basij Resistance Force

Left: Basij commander Gholamreza Soleimani in an undated photo (social media); Right: Iranian Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani in Beirut, Lebanon, August 13, 2025. (Lebanese Parliament / AFP)
March 17, 2026, 3:21 pm
Israel kills Iran’s ‘de facto leader’ Ali Larijani, Basij force chief in Tehran airstrikes
Islamic Republic acknowledges deaths of Larijani and Gholamreza Soleimani after neither confirming or denying for hours; IDF also says it killed a top leader of Tehran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad
By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and Nava Freiberg
Shopkeepers and traders protest in the street against the economic conditions and Iran's embattled currency in Tehran on December 29, 2025. (FARS NEWS AGENCY / AFP)
January 1, 2026, 2:05 pm
Volunteer in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard reported killed during widening protests
Deputy governor of Western Lorestan province said to blame death of 21-year-old on demonstrators, as he urges dialogue on grievances
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Members of Iranian paramilitary forces (Basij) pull boxes symbolizing Israeli coffins, during an anti-Israel rally to show their solidarity with the Palestinian and Lebanese people, in Tehran, January 10, 2025. (AFP)
January 10, 2025, 5:41 pm
Thousands of fighters march through Tehran in show of force against Israel, US
With Iran’s proxies weakened, vehicles with missiles, artillery parade streets, black-clad women carry rifles; Pezeshkian lauds Aoun’s election, says Lebanon unity will ‘defeat’ Israel
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Iranians protest 22-year-old Mahsa Amini's death after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, September 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Middle East Images, File)
August 23, 2023, 12:49 pm
Iran sentences 8 to prison over death of paramilitary volunteer during mass protest
Two men already executed in case of Basij member killed in Karaj during demonstration over death of Mahsa Amini
By Jon Gambrell
A picture obtained by AFP outside Iran, reportedly shows objects lit on fire in the capital Tehran, on October 8, 2022. (Photo by AFP)
October 9, 2022, 5:47 pm
Two Iranian security forces said killed in overnight protests
Member of Basij militia killed by ‘mob’ in Tehran and IRGC fighter slain in capital of Kurdistan province, bringing number of forces killed to 14 in nightly demonstrations
By AFP
Journalists wait in front of the Grand Hotel Wien where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter)
April 12, 2021, 6:28 pm
EU sanctions 8 Iranian security officials over 2019 protests amid Vienna talks
The move to impose asset freezes and visa bans comes at a sensitive time as Brussels mediates efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal
By AFP
Illustrative: Iranian protesters gather around a burning car during a demonstration against an increase of gasoline prices, in the capital Tehran, November 16, 2019. (AFP)
November 27, 2019, 1:33 pm
Khamenei says Iran thwarted ‘dangerous US-backed conspiracy’
Leader claims demonstrations were orchestrated by ‘global arrogance’; Amnesty International says it believes at least 143 people were killed, which Iran disputes
By Jon Gambrell
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks at a meeting in Tehran, Iran, August 13, 2018. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
October 4, 2018, 2:24 pm
Iran supreme leader promises to ‘slap’ US, defeat sanctions
Khamenei says economy can withstand economic penalties, vows to never allow Islamic Republic to surrender to America
By ToI Staff
Iranian students protest at the University of Tehran during a demonstration driven by anger over economic problems, in the capital Tehran on December 30, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / STR)
January 1, 2018, 5:02 pm
Iran protest videos get out, despite regime’s muzzling attempts
Video clips show peaceful demonstrations alongside images of police violence, protesters burning police vehicles, ripping up images of Islamic leaders
By Sue Surkes
A worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, on October 26, 2010. (AP/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour, File)
August 29, 2016, 6:14 am
Iran to start construction on two more nuclear plants
Power plants, worth $10 billion, to be built by Russia in southern port city of Bushehr, in addition to already operational facility
By ToI Staff
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Augist 1, 2016. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
August 28, 2016, 10:19 pm
Khamenei warns Iran will ‘hit hard’ in response to US aggression
Amid escalating tensions in Persian Gulf, supreme leader urges bolstered military capabilities to deter American military strike
By ToI Staff
General Mohammad Reza Naghdi, commander of the Iran's Basij Resistance Force. (YouTube/Press TV)
July 27, 2016, 4:57 pm
Iran says one of its top commanders toured Israeli-Syrian border
General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, head of Basij Resistance Force, recently visited Quneitra area
By Stuart Winer
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