DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that Basij militia forces sacrificed their lives in "riots" sparked by the death in custody of a young Iranian Kurdish ...
His story gives an insight into the make-up and the ideology of the hard-line groups that are cracking down on demonstrators in Iran. "None of them are police. Most of them are Basij or Ansar-e ...
The BBC's Martin Patience says Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered a "defiant message" Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has defended the country's armed forces after it admitted shooting ...
The Coalition of Islamic Revolution Forces is the ... Guards and their affiliated Basij militia, as well as other loyalists of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and is expected to ...
Iran’s anti-government uprising has been marked by cycles of killing and mourning. As the deaths pile up, funerals and commemorations have become their own form of protest, as well as another ...
Iran is holding two sets of elections on March ... Given that the current holder of that office, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is 84 years old, it is likely that the new assembly will name his successor ...
Iran's clerical ... OF ISLAMIC REVOLUTION FORCES The biggest hardline group, comprising former members of the elite Revolutionary Guards and their affiliated Basij militia, as well as other ...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks to the media after ... ZUMAPRESS.com Friday’s sham elections for Iran’s Parliament and Assembly of Experts sent a shot heard ’round ...
Tehran, Iran – Iranians will head to voting stations ... by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its Basij forces, along with the army. More than 90 people were killed in early ...
Iran's clerical ... OF ISLAMIC REVOLUTION FORCES The biggest hardline group, comprising former members of the elite Revolutionary Guards and their affiliated Basij militia, as well as other ...