The Basij (Persian: بسيج, lit. "The Mobilization") or Niru-ye Moghāvemat-e Basij (Persian: نیروی مقاومت بسیج, "Resistance Mobilization Force"), full name...

force exercising operational control over the Persian Gulf. The IRGC's Basij, a paramilitary volunteer militia, has about 90,000 active personnel. It...

The Student Basij (Persian: بسیج دانشجویی) (also known as "Student and Talabeh Basij") is considered among the "Islamic student organizations" which was...

as Deputy of Operations. He began his military career in 1980 with the Basij, then joined the IRGC and was a member of this organization throughout the...

the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and commander of the paramilitary Basij forces. Despite the same surname, he is not related to Qasem Soleimani,...

the Basij, proposed their demobilization or their merger in the IRGC under the name of Resistance Guard. Instead of demobilizing IRGC and Basij, Iranian...

Basij Expressway (Persian: بزرگراه بسيج) is Tehran eastern ringway. It is from Kolahduz Square in east to Tehran-Mashhad Highway in southeast and Azadegan...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Naqdi was appointed by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as commander of the Basij in October 2009, replacing Hossein Taeb. He has been described as possessing...

total personnel. These numbers do not include Law Enforcement Command or Basij. Most of Iran's imported weapons consist of American systems purchased before...

as Ahmad Kazemi and Mohammad Bagheri have called him the father of Sunni Basij and the Godfather of Iranian Paramilitary forces. He died in the year 2001...

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Personnel-strength figures for the Eritrean reserve forces are not known. The Basij, a paramilitary militia with claimed membership of 12.6 million (including...

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Ali Khamenei. Taeb joined the Revolutionary Guards (which supervises the Basij) in 1361 (1982/3), beginning his work in Region 10 of Tehran and continued...

resulted in success without exception. The division was merged with the Basij of Tehran to form the Mohammad Rasulullah Corps of Greater Tehran during...

under Basij and IRGC. Their headquarters is located in Sanandaj, and they are the largest and in charge of controlling all IRGC Corps and Basij units...

students Basij and the Association of Muslim students, briefly called Anjoman (Association). Most other smaller groups were allies of either Basij or Anjoman...

statistical organizations do not include the Basij and Faraja in their ratings report. Excluding the Basij and Faraja, Iran has been identified as a major...

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...

response to the invasion, the "Army of 20 Million", commonly known as the Basij. The Basij were poorly armed and had members as young as 12 and as old as 70....

Captive Society: The Basij Militia and Social Control in Iran is a book written by Saeid Golkar and published by Woodrow Wilson Center Press and Columbia...

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which has a range of 2100 km. Also called Sejjil-2. He told the gathering Basij militia during the manoeuvres they were holding that same week that: "The...

evacuees out of the capital Kabul, Pentagon officials disclosed. Basij The Student Basij Saleh's Green Trend Announces New Political Alliance, Affirms Support...

Retrieved 27 December 2017. "Comparing Iraq's Shiite forces to Iran's Basij". Al-monitor.com. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2017. "Notice of OFAC...