There are many paths to regime change in Iran. In 2020, two of us (Edelman and Takeyh) wrote an essay in Foreign Affairs in ...

Pezeshkian thanked the nation, including the military, police, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (I.R.G.C.), and the Basij volunteer force for their united stance against foreign aggressors.

The thugs of the Basij, police, army, and IRGC still breathe and display power. This is a criminal and tyrannical regime that has always been the enemy of the Iranian people.

Iran has arrested dozens of people on suspicion of spying as fears grow in the Islamic Republic over the extent of its infiltration by Israel’s Mossad intelligence service.

“We are doing everything necessary — and there will still be much more,” says Netanyahu, adding that “We’re also striking the Basij… this kind of internal police force of a million people.

They are local and, like other Basij members, have joined police and security forces nationwide to combat what Iranian authorities claim is a vast espionage network built by the Israeli spy agency ...

IDF strikes Tehran’s Evin Prison, long a symbol of Iran’s brutal repression, in bid to disrupt regime control and aid detainees.

The worrying report by an influential committee of MPs and peers – which oversees the work of Britain’s intelligence services – said: “Since the beginning of 2022, there has been a significant ...

Security remains on edge in Iran's restive border province after killing of 5 Basij members ... five police officers were killed when militants opened fire on their vehicles near Sib and Soran ...

The Basij is an Iranian para-military organization that is assigned to crush all dissent against Khamenei’s ironclad rule. ... POLICE RAID DC SHOOTING SUSPECT ELIAS RODRIGUEZ'S CHICAGO APARTMENT.