Iranian security forces, including the pro-government Basij militia, are trying to quell growing nationwide protests that erupted after a woman died in the custody of the morality police last week.

She was finally released when she convinced the police her arrest was based on false claims. "When I was running out of the mosque's small door at the square, I saw more Basij members were about ...

The Basij operate alongside the regular police and military. (Reuters: Raheb Homavandi ) They have established branches across the country, as well as student organisations, trade guilds, and ...

Iran’s Supreme Leader has praised the country’s Basij ... protest movement was initially sparked by the death of 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s morality police.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday Iran's Basij militia forces have sacrificed their lives in what he called riots, the wave of protests sparked by the death in custody of a ...

Today, the Basij enforce the country's strict religious codes, acting as morality police in public places, such as parks and at checkpoints, and heavily monitor the population, he said.

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

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 ...

“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.

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.