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

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 ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Basij voluntary force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) staged a large-scale drill in the capital Tehran on Friday, the official news agency IRNA ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

A new video posted online appears to show schoolgirls heckling a member of Iran's feared paramilitary Basij force, after anti-government protests sweeping the country spread to the classroom.

He said that the exercise will harness the capabilities of Basij forces across several regions, including Sarpol-e Zahab, Qasr-e Shirin, Gilan-e Gharb, Paveh, Javanrud, Salas-e Babajani, Ravansar, and ...

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

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