The Basij (Persian: بسيج, lit. "The Mobilization") or Niru-ye Moghāvemat-e Basij (Persian: نیروی مقاومت بسیج, "Resistance Mobilization Force"), full name...
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (section Basij)
force exercising operational control over the Persian Gulf. The IRGC's Basij, a paramilitary volunteer militia, has about 90,000 active personnel. It...
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The Student Basij (Persian: بسیج دانشجویی) (also known as "Student and Talabeh Basij") is considered among the "Islamic student organizations" which was...
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Shabana Basij-Rasikh is an Afghan educator, humanitarian, and women's rights champion. She is the founder of Hela, inc. and School of Leadership, Afghanistan...
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Golkar, Saeid. (2012) Paramilitarization of the Economy: the Case of Iran's Basij Militia, Armed Forces & Society, Vol. 38, No. 4 Golkar, Saeid. (2012). Organization...
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Basij Expressway (Persian: بزرگراه بسيج) is Tehran eastern ringway. It is from Kolahduz Square in east to Tehran-Mashhad Highway in southeast and Azadegan...
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had launched Operation Karbala-5 to capture the city of Basra. Iran used Basij militiamen armed with Kalashnikovs and RPG-7s, the Army's 77th Mechanized...
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the Basij, proposed their demobilization or their merger in the IRGC under the name of Resistance Guard. Instead of demobilizing IRGC and Basij, Iranian...
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Basij. Their headquarters are located in Kermanshah, and they are the main unit in Kermanshah and are responsible for commanding all Corps and Basij units...
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Iran–Iraq War from 1987 to 1988. He also reportedly took control of the Basij militia that was used to suppress the protests over the 2009 election. He...
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