The United States Treasury Department imposed sanctions on “a vast network” of organizations that fund the Basij militia, which recruits child soldiers and supports terror groups across the Middle East, the Washington Free Beacon reported Tuesday. The Basij Resistance Force has ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which...
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini’s appointment of a top general as the new head of Basij, a militia that also acts as a vigilante force against domestic dissidents, is the latest “sign that the Islamic Republic has no intention of easing its grip on internal dissent,” two researchers from the...
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Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has increasingly relied on Iranian volunteers to maintain his rule, which is only exacerbating sectarian strife in the Middle East, a report in Foreign Policy on Thursday documented. The report centered on Asghar and Abbas Abyari, a father and son who were both members of Iran’s Basij militia. Both...
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In response to growing tensions, Iran is flexing its muscles and threatening to send “millions” of soldiers into Palestinian territories to fight Israel. Commander of Iran’s Basij force, Mohammad Reza Naqdi, said millions of Iranians are ready to be sent to the Gaza Strip in order to assist the Palestinians...
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