Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei stressed the need for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC ...

They are the Basij, Iran's volunteer paramilitary ... Guard and law enforcement forces organized their reaction. See timeline of events in Iran » While experts say there is a hardline ideological ...

Citing a report by rights group Amnesty International CNN reported that child detainees in Iran face severe torture and ...

Authorities in Iran ... The Basij are (at least in theory) subordinate to, and receive their orders from, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and current Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, to whom ...

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, speaks during a meeting ... the supreme leader is empowered to command the armed forces, dismiss any elected official, countermand parliamentary ...

“Basij agents forced ... In response, Iranian forces conducted a fresh wave of nationwide arrests. Iran’s judiciary head Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejehi announced on Monday that the country’s Supreme ...

Amid renewed protests six months into the unrest, the Iranian establishment's heavy-handed response appeared to have failed ...

Iran rejected what it views as foreign meddling and "hasty reactions" and said on Friday it was investigating the causes of ...

Iranian security forces re-arrested prominent activist and journalist Sepideh Gholian hours after she walked free from jail chanting slogans against supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...

Worried parents protested in Iran’s ... by Reuters. “Basij, Guards, you are our Daesh,” protesters chanted, likening the Revolutionary Guards and other security forces to the Islamic State ...

Iran's interior minister ... video verified by Reuters. "Basij, Guards, you are our Daesh," protesters chanted, likening the Revolutionary Guards and other security forces to the Islamic State ...

Worried parents protested in Iran's capital Tehran and other cities on Saturday over a wave of suspected poison attacks that ...