He referred to late Imam Khomenei's order to form a global Islamic
Basij force, and said, "Today, armed resistance cells have been created in the Islamic countries and small resistance rings have been formed in other countries and we will see their influence in the near future."
Khamenehi spoke to a huge gathering of 2,500 commanders of volunteer
Basij forces, marking the anniversary of the founding of the
Basij.
The statement was issued on the occasion of
Basij (volunteer forces) Day in Iran (November 26).
The commander of the
Basij, which has long made itself unpopular by confiscating families' satellite dish receivers, now admits the confiscation policy just doesn't work.
The
Basij will soon be running a quarter of all the day care centers in the Islamic Republic in an obvious effort to propagandize the people about the Islamic Republic beginning at an early age.
On January 27, 2014, Iran's
Basij (Volunteer) Force released a comprehensive report on the violation of human rights by the US inside the country and abroad.
Vigilantism is seen by many as being encouraged by the recent Majlis legislation that authorizes the Pasdaran and
Basij to enforce the dress code and not just the uniformed police.
TEHRAN (FNA)- An informed source denied reports by the Israeli daily, Haaretz, that Commander of Iran's
Basij (volunteer) Force Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi was wounded by Israeli forces or terrorists during a publicized visit this weekend to Southern Syria.
Mohammad-Ali Jafari (photo), has criticized the Rohani Administration for failing to use the Pasdaran and
Basij in establishing policies for achieving the goals of the "resistance economy" ordered by the Supreme Leader.
Suspicious death: The
Basij has said the death earlier this month of Malcolm Shabazz (photo), a grandson of Malcolm X, is "suspicious." A lengthy statement said the Western media is saying his death was "purely accidental." But the
Basij statement said he was "killed suspiciously" and the death enables the world to see the West's "Islamophobia and racist undercurrents." According to Mexican police reports, Shabazz was beaten to death in a Mexico City bar after an argument over the tab.
"Defending the country and confronting the defense and security threats are the most important mission of Beit-al-Moqaddas battalions," a
Basij commander said in Qeshm island, Southern Hormuzgan province.
Shortly after the attack, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said the raid was conducted by members of the
Basij while the Tehran police stood by and did nothing as the Basijis poured across the embassy gates.