CAIRO – They're the most feared men on the streets of Iran. The pro-government Basij militia has held back its full fury during this week's street demonstrations. But witnesses say the force has ...

Speaking on the occasion of the National Basij Week, Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi praised the popular mobilization forces (Basij) as a pillar of national strength and a source of inspiration for ...

The Basij-e Mostaz’afin, literally “Mobilization of the Oppressed,” is a uniquely Iranian institution. The Basij began as a volunteer militia operating in defense of the Islamic Republic’s ...

DUBAI (Reuters) -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 ...

On the occasion of Basij Week, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, received thousands of the members of Basij in the Imam Khomeini Hussainiyah on Monday morning, Nov. 25, ...

Dressed in black, the group of chanting schoolgirls in the Iranian city of Shiraz appeared determined to make themselves heard. “Basiji, go and get lost,” they shouted at a man in a gray suit standing ...

They're the most feared men on the streets of Iran. The pro-government Basij militia has held back its full fury during this week's street demonstrations. But witnesses say the force has unleashed its ...

The UN Volunteers (UNV) program coordinates IVD on 5 December annually to recognize and promote the tireless work, not just of UN volunteers, but of volunteers across the globe. According to available ...

In the months since Iran’s contested June 2009 presidential election, the Basij Resistance Force has emerged as one of the regime’s main pillars of support against the democracy movement. In the long ...

Goldokhtar, a member of the Basij force and blogger, writes about her experience attending a Basij camp in the city of Mashhad: A week has past since we attended the religious-cultural camp, "Verses ...

A female commander of the pro-government Basij militia, Zohreh Abbasi, has said that her unit has introduced a special program that allows baby girls to be registered as members of the force and ...

Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri, the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, stated in a message on Saturday that the Basij has grown to such an impressive extent 44 years after it was ...