An Israeli drone strike hit a Basij roadblock in Tehran this week, just hours after a senior commander of the Iranian force was killed, signalling an intensified campaign against the Islamic ...

Tehran is preparing for the July 9 burial of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, more than four months after his death, as authorities mobilize the Basij militia and mount a massive security operation ahead ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Basij militia member patrols in Tehran following a US strike, March 5, 2026; illustrative. (photo credit: Kaveh Kazemi/Getty ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A poster of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the successor to his late father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader is placed on an ...

An Iranian holding a picture of Basij commander Gholamreza Soleimani during a funeral in Tehran on Wednesday.Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images Israel’s military said it had killed the intelligence chief of ...

The Basij, initially paramilitary volunteers, came to prominence during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) as it organized groups of teens to sweep minefields by running across them, with plastic keys to ...

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DUBAI, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Iranian security forces, including the pro-government Basij militia, are trying to quell growing nationwide protests that erupted after a woman died in the custody of the ...