The Iranian student protests of July 1999 were student protests which were violently repressed by the Basij and Ansar-e Hezbollah. Before the 2009 Iranian election protests, they were the most widespr
July 9, 2009, protest march in Tehran.
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The Basij, formally Sâzmân-e Basij-e Mostaz'afin, is a paramilitary volunteer militia within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and one of its five branches.
1999 Iranian student protests
…18th of Tir and Kuye Daneshgah Disaster (Persian: فاجعهٔ کوی دانشگاه) in Iran) (7–13 July) were student protests which were violently repressed by the Basij and Ansar-e Hezbollah. Before the 2009 Iranian election protests, they were the most widespread and violent public protests to occur in Iran since the…
Basij volunteers during the Iran–Iraq War
Gathering of Basij volunteers, 2013
Basij 'Ashura Corps' exercise in Tehran
Basij volunteers setting up a mobile kitchen as part of its community service program.