Not only a tool to justify U.S. and Israeli intervention, the label is increasingly dividing Iranian society from within.

With Iran's proxies weakened, vehicles with missiles, artillery parade streets, black-clad women carry rifles; Pezeshkian lauds Aoun’s election, says Lebanon unity will ‘defeat’ Israel ...

Thousands of fighters linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps paraded with heavy weapons and vehicles through the streets of Tehran on Friday showing their readiness to face "threats". "We ...

On April 30, 1980, a bill to set up the National Basij Organization was approved in the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to the bill, Basij is tasked with countering any foreign military aggression ...

Members of the Iranian Basij paramilitary force carry the Revolutionary Guard flags as the wear masks with portrait of the late leader of Palestinian Hamas Yahya Sinwar during a parade ...

A court convicted him of "enmity against God" after finding he had stabbed to death two members of the paramilitary Basij Resistance Force. Rahnavard was hanged just 23 days after his arrest.

The march was organized by Tehran's 27th Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces Mohammad Rasulullah Division with the participation of IRGC members, voluntary Basij forces and ordinary people ...

Thousands of people protested in Tehran on Friday against the Israeli attacks on Gaza and in solidarity with the Lebanese ...

This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Patrick Sison, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or ...

Weeks before Trump's inauguration, Iran is preparing for potential threats to its nuclear facilities – and for the possible domestic reaction.

Members of the Iranian Basij paramilitary force march during the force parade as they cover their faces with a Palestinian ...

Azimi also said the exercises would test the capabilities of Iran's Basij paramilitary forces, who are tasked with maintaining domestic security. The war games are likely aimed not only at ...