Basij
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basij-189-3969958
title:
Basij
text:
The Basij or Niru-ye Moghāvemat-e Basij, full name Sâzmân-e Basij-e Mostaz'afin, is a paramilitary volunteer militia within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and one of its five branches. The force is named Basij; an individual member is called basiji in the Persian language. As of July 2019, Gholamreza Soleimani is the commander of the Basij. A paramilitary volunteer militia established in Iran in 1979 by order of Ayatollah Khomeini, leader of the Iranian Revolution, the organization
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Iranian paramilitary volunteer militia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basij
date created:
2005-10-12T19:02:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T07:52:40Z
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image:
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fields total:
13
integrity:
16