Israel Claims To Have Killed Iran's Basij Commander. Who Are The IRGC-Backed Paramilitary Forces?

April 17, 2026 -- -- "If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain." ~ Winston Churchill

Israel Claims To Have Killed Iran’s Basij Commander. Who Are The IRGC-Backed Paramilitary Forces?

Post author:mck
Post published:March 17, 2026
Post category:Blog

The Basij is a volunteer paramilitary force under Iran’s IRGC, founded by former Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini after the 1979 revolution.

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