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 ...

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 ...

some in the West pointed the finger of the blame at Iran, claiming that the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, is opposing negotiation and diplomacy with the US. The ...

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

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 ...

“Iran’s intelligence and ... the paramilitary Basij, the Public Security Police, and other security and intelligence forces used against boys and girls in custody to punish and humiliate ...

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

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 ...

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