C ommander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Alireza Tangsiri announced that the Basij’s naval unit will hold on Friday a drill in the “countries of the ‘Axis of ...

An Iranian armed forces member stands guard in front of a domestically-built missile displayed during the Basij paramilitary force parade in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. An Iranian armed ...

The EU's decision to impose restrictive measures on senior Iranian commanders from the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, the paramilitary Basij and the State Security Force has marked a new ...

while Chinese SWATs do it with their heads. The Iran's Basij militia is a volunteer force, but its training in the martial arts is gruesome nonetheless. Iraq's Shiite volunteer forces take their ...

Saravan, located in Iran's southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan Province, has experienced periodic security incidents in recent years, often linked to militant groups operating in the border regions.

Iran's attack on Israel ... 125,000-strong military with army, navy and air units - some analysts believe the figure is far higher. It also commands the Basij religious militia, a volunteer ...

During the Zolfaqar 1403 joint military drill, the Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani announced that the newly developed "Piroozan" hovercraft, equipped with long-range missiles, will ...

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Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, the Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, arrived in the port city of Karachi in the south of Pakistan on Saturday morning. Irani is visiting Pakistan at the ...

Students hold the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) – the regime’s Gestapo, and the thuggish Basij militia, responsible, chanting: “We fight, we die, we will take back Iran” and ...