"Female members of the Basij paramilitary force are standing..."

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9 January 2024

Female members of the Basij paramilitary force are standing guard during a military rally in downtown Tehran, Iran, on November 26, 2014. The Basij, officially known as the Niru-ye Moqavemat-e Basij, is a volunteer paramilitary force in Iran that operates under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). It was founded on April 30, 1979, by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the Islamic Revolution, with the purpose of defending the revolution and its values. The Basij is estimated to have more than 20 million members, making it one of the largest volunteer militias in the world.

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#10900612

9 January 2024

Female members of the Basij paramilitary force are standing guard during a military rally in downtown Tehran, Iran, on November 26, 2014. The Basij, officially known as the Niru-ye Moqavemat-e Basij, is a volunteer paramilitary force in Iran that operates under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). It was founded on April 30, 1979, by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the Islamic Revolution, with the purpose of defending the revolution and its values. The Basij is estimated to have more than 20 million members, making it one of the largest volunteer militias in the world.

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#10900618

9 January 2024

Female members of the Basij paramilitary force are standing guard during a military rally in downtown Tehran, Iran, on November 26, 2014. The Basij, officially known as the Niru-ye Moqavemat-e Basij, is a volunteer paramilitary force in Iran that operates under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). It was founded on April 30, 1979, by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the Islamic Revolution, with the purpose of defending the revolution and its values. The Basij is estimated to have more than 20 million members, making it one of the largest volunteer militias in the world.

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#10900626

9 January 2024

Female members of the Basij paramilitary force are standing guard during a military rally in downtown Tehran, Iran, on November 26, 2014. The Basij, officially known as the Niru-ye Moqavemat-e Basij, is a volunteer paramilitary force in Iran that operates under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). It was founded on April 30, 1979, by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the Islamic Revolution, with the purpose of defending the revolution and its values. The Basij is estimated to have more than 20 million members, making it one of the largest volunteer militias in the world.

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#10822119

1 December 2023

Special forces personnel from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) are monitoring an area while a group of veiled Iranian-Sunni female members of the Basij paramilitary forces are standing outside of a stadium after a ceremony commemorating Iranian-Sunni female martyrs in the seaport city of Bandar Turkmen, situated on the southeastern coast of the Caspian Sea, 410 km (256 miles) northeast of Tehran, on November 30, 2023. The Basij militia, which operates under the command of the IRGC, is organizing and holding the ceremony.

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#10822113

1 December 2023

An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) special forces armed personnel is monitoring an area while a group of veiled Iranian-Sunni female members of the Basij paramilitary forces are standing at a stadium during a ceremony honoring Iranian-Sunni female martyrs, in the seaport city of Bandar Turkmen, situated on the southeastern coast of the Caspian Sea, 410 km (256 miles) northeast of Tehran, on November 30, 2023. The Basij militia, which operates under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), is organizing and holding the ceremony.

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#10822148

1 December 2023

Two veiled Iranian-Sunni members of the Basij paramilitary forces are standing together during a ceremony commemorating Iranian-Sunni female martyrs in the seaport city of Bandar Turkmen, situated on the southeastern coast of the Caspian Sea, 410 km (256 miles) northeast of Tehran, on November 30, 2023. The Basij militia, which operates under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), is organizing and holding the ceremony.

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#10822116

1 December 2023

Veiled Iranian-Sunni female members of the Basij paramilitary forces are speaking with each other while standing under a flag of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) during a ceremony honoring Iranian-Sunni female martyrs in Bandar Turkmen, Iran, on November 30, 2023. The Basij militia, which operates under the command of the IRGC, is organizing and holding the ceremony.

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