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 ...

One night he came home covered with blood. “What happened?” she asked, looking up from her textbook, aghast at the red splashes on his hands, shirt and face. “Nothing,” he said, before ducking into ...

He is widely known as “the Big Mouth Basiji.” He’s omnipresent at state-organized demonstrations, including Friday Prayers, where he is often seen shouting slogans with a raised fist and gaping mouth.

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 ...

You don’t know whom to trust nowadays in Tehran. Members of the feared Basij paramilitary roam the streets at night, often blending in with people lounging in parks or window-shopping at the capital’s ...

In his article “An American in Tehran” (April 2010, In These Times), Matthew Cassel would have us believe that Iran’s infamous Basij paramilitary force has gotten a bad rap. Matthew Cassel presents ...

Fresh footage. From all the cell-phones and cameras and videocams, this revolution may be broadcast despite the banning of foreign press. Again, it is hard to offer real context for these images. But ...

He is widely known as "the Big Mouth Basiji." He's omnipresent at state-organized demonstrations, including Friday Prayers, where he is often seen shouting slogans with a raised fist and gaping mouth.

The website of the students of Tehran's Amir Kabir University has posted a video of some of yesterday's clashes between students and government forces, including Basiji paramilitaries. The students ...

“On Yadegar Freeway to Azadi Junction around 4 PM — there were people moving in small groups, and there were Basiji and riot police in full body armor walking through the people. In every street ...

Sexual harassment, forced marriage and rape — it’s just par for the course for Basiji militiamen. In a provocative article in the Jerusalem Post, an anonymous member of Iran’s paramilitary details ...