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Illustrative: Members of the Iranian paramilitary Basij force, affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard, attend a rally in front of the former US Embassy in Tehran, Iran, on November 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
February 2, 2019, 11:01 am
Attack on Iranian paramilitary base kills 1, wounds 5
Local prosecutor says member of elite Revolutionary Guards killed at Basij camp in the country’s south; jihadist group claims assault
By Agencies
In this file photo taken on September 21, 2012, Turkmen Basij militiamen take part in an annual military parade marking the Iran-Iraq war, in the Iranian capital Tehran. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
October 17, 2018, 6:33 pm
Iran slams US sanctions on paramilitary group as ‘blind vindictiveness’
Country’s largest steel company, among those sanctioned, calls measures ‘nothing new’ and says they won’t impact its operations
By Amir Havasi
In this Friday, Nov. 20, 2015 photo released by the Tasnim News Agency, members of the Basij, the paramilitary unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, gather around a replica of Jerusalem's gold-topped Dome of the Rock mosque as one of them waves an Iranian flag from atop the dome during a military exercise. (AP Photo/Tasnim News Agency, Mahmoud Hosseini)
October 16, 2018, 10:22 pm
US sanctions network of banks, businesses backing Iran’s use of child soldiers
Basij paramilitary units of the Revolutionary Guard ‘indoctrinate child soldiers who are coerced into combat,’ Treasury Department says
By Deb Riechmann
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses a group of teachers in Tehran, Iran, on May 2, 2016. (Official website of the Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP/File)
November 22, 2017, 5:45 pm
Iran’s supreme leader hails end of IS ‘tumor’
Khamenei praises Tehran’s victory against ‘successive plots’ by America, Zionists and Arab reactionaries
By AFP
In this file photo from Oct. 12, 1971, honor guards line up during ceremonies to mark the 2,500 anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire at the Tomb of Cyrus the Great, at Pasargad, Iran. (AP Photo, File)
October 29, 2017, 12:43 pm
Iran says it foiled plot involving tomb of Cyrus the Great
Iranian authorities put up fences around Persian king’s burial site, which last year saw anti-government protests
By AP
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
Satellite dishes and receivers before being destroyed during a ceremony in the Iranian capital Tehran, July 24, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / TASNIM NEWS / HOSSEIN ZOHREVAND)
July 24, 2016, 9:57 pm
Iran destroys 100,000 satellite dishes in crackdown
Illegal devices harm society’s morality and culture, according to head of militia group, but 70% of population breaks law
By AFP
Syrian men inspect a damaged vehicle in the rubble following a reported air strike by Syrian government forces on the Sukkari neighborhood of Syria's northern city of Aleppo, on January 16, 2016. (AFP/Karam Al-Masri)
January 27, 2016, 9:55 pm
Iran training volunteer ‘advisers’ to serve in Syria
At the request of the Assad government, Tehran officials say they feel ‘obligated’ to protect Shiite shrines
By AP
Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, center, appears with his wife Yeganeh Salehi and mother Mary Reazaian in Germany on January 20, 2016, following his release from Iranian custody (screen capture: YouTube)
January 23, 2016, 1:19 pm
White House facing questions over $1.7 billion to Iran
Republicans want probe into payment to Tehran that Obama administration denies was bribe to secure release of 5 Americans
By Bradley Klapper
In this Friday, Nov. 20, 2015 photo released by the Tasnim News Agency, members of the Basij, the paramilitary unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, gather around a replica of Jerusalem's gold-topped Dome of the Rock mosque as one of them waves an Iranian flag from atop the dome during a military exercise. (AP Photo/Tasnim News Agency, Mahmoud Hosseini)
November 21, 2015, 12:25 pm
Iran trains for capture of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa, but uses Dome of Rock model
Thousands of Revolutionary Guards fighters storm a replica of wrong Jerusalem site in war games in Qom
By AP and TOI staff
A group of Iranian paramilitary Basij forces re-enact a riot situation during training in a Revolutionary Guard base in northeastern Tehran, Iran, April 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
September 3, 2015, 3:20 pm
Iran’s Basij militia parades its might in Tehran
50,000 troops from the force that suppressed 2009 reformist protests ‘prove their ability to safeguard national security’
By AFP and TOI staff
July 21, 2015, 4:48 pm
Iran general: US will use nuke deal as pretext for attack
Head of Basij forces joins chorus of hard-liners in Tehran voicing opposition to agreement
By Tamar Pileggi
Iranian women queue to cast their ballot for the parliamentary elections at Masoumeh shrine in the city of Qom, Iran, on Friday, March 2, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Kamran Jebreili)
June 3, 2015, 5:07 pm
Shiite pilgrims tussle with Iran hardliners over nuke talks
Visitors at famous mosque near holy city of Qom express their annoyance about political propaganda
By AFP
March 31, 2015, 4:03 pm
Iran militia chief: Destroying Israel is ‘nonnegotiable’
Basij commander Mohammad Reza Naqdi also threatens Saudis, saying their fate will be like that of Saddam Hussein
By Lazar Berman
Illustrative photo of a Torah scroll (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
February 22, 2015, 11:52 pm
Iranian soldiers said to return stolen Torah to Jews
Paramilitary forces return the ancient, hand-written manuscript to a synagogue in Shiraz
By Tamar Pileggi
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