Basij (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Basij" in English language version.

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37web.archive.org

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abadis.ir (Global: low place; English: low place)

بسیج Archived 6 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine abadis.ir

abc.net.au (Global: 139^th place; English: 108^th place)

"What we know about the Basij, the paramilitary volunteer group cracking down on protesters in Iran". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting). 13 October 2022. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

aei.org (Global: 9,353^rd place; English: 5,804^th place)

Alfoneh</a>, <a href=scholar/137>Ali (23 September 2008). "What Do Structural Changes in the Revolutionary Guards Mean?". www.aei.org. Archived from the original on 27 October 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

alarabiya.net (Global: 598^th place; English: 1,085^th place)

english.alarabiya.net

"Iran says Basij paramilitary forces step up urban patrols". Al Arabiya English. 22 June 2025. Retrieved 22 June 2025.

amnesty.org (Global: 1,367^th place; English: 1,176^th place)

"Iran: Security forces used rape and other sexual violence to crush "Woman Life Freedom" uprising with impunity". Amnesty International. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2025.

amnesty.org.au (Global: low place; English: low place)

""They Violently Raped Me"" (PDF).

apnews.com (Global: 129^th place; English: 89^th place)

"Iran unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel peace laureate, UN expert says". AP News. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2025.

archive.org (Global: 6^th place; English: 6^th place)

ia801301.us.archive.org

"From American Embassy Oslo to RUEHC/Secretary of State Washington DC 0021 Info European Political Collective Iran Collective Islamic Collective Confidential" (PDF). us.archive.org. 9 February 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

azernews.az (Global: low place; English: 9,225^th place)

"Iran decreases IRGC budget for next year". AzerNews Newspaper. 18 January 2016. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.

bbc.co.uk (Global: 8^th place; English: 10^th place)

news.bbc.co.uk

"Profile: Basij militia force". BBC News. 18 June 2009. Archived from the original on 22 June 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2009.

bbc.com (Global: 20^th place; English: 30^th place)

Ghobadi, Parham (4 November 2022). "Iran security forces and state media cover up protester's death – source". BBC. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Khomeini: Life of the Ayatollah by Baqer Moin

cnn.com (Global: 28^th place; English: 26^th place)

"Stalked, tortured, disappeared: Iranian authorities have a playbook for silencing dissent, and they're using it again". CNN. 20 October 2022. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
"CNN investigates female and male protesters' accounts of sexual assault in Iranian detention centers". www.cnn.com. 2022. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
Pourahmadi, Adam; El Sirgany, Sarah; Karadsheh, Jomana (16 September 2023). "One year since Mahsa Amini's death, a protester shot in the eye during Iran's crackdown continues her struggle from exile". CNN. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

csmonitor.com (Global: 791^st place; English: 550^th place)

Scott Peterson (16 June 2003). "Iran's angry young adults erupt in political protest 16.6.2003". The Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Golkar, Saeid (October 2012). "Paramilitarization of the Economy : The Case of Iran's Basij Militia". Armed Forces & Society. 38 (4): 625–648. doi:10.1177/0095327X12437687. JSTOR 48609114. S2CID 155010870. Archived from the original on 13 October 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

farsnews.ir (Global: 1,083^rd place; English: 8,125^th place)

سردار نقدی در برنامه تلویزیونی «متن – حاشیه»:23 میلیون و 800 هزار نفر عضو بسیج هستند/ از کسی تا کنون شکایت نکرده ایم/ رابطه بسیج با این دولت مانند دولت قبل است Archived 23 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Fars news agency, 23 November 2015

fas.org (Global: 505^th place; English: 410^th place)

Kenneth Katzman (6 February 2017), "Iran's Foreign and Defense Policies" (PDF), Congressional Research Service, Federation of American Scientists, p. 24, archived (PDF) from the original on 8 March 2017, retrieved 1 March 2017

globalsecurity.org (Global: 443^rd place; English: 435^th place)

John Pike. "GlobalSecurity.org Intelligence: Mobilisation Resistance Force". Archived from the original on 30 April 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
"Iran: Paramilitary Force Prepares For Urban Unrest". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 21 March 2024.

hrw.org (Global: 729^th place; English: 650^th place)

"Iran: Security Forces Kill, Torture, Abuse Children | Human Rights Watch". 25 April 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2025.

iranfocus.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Basij Special Unit Fatehin and Its Role in Quelling Iran's Protests". 13 December 2022.

iranhr.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

"One Year Protest Report: At Least 551 Killed and 22 Suspicious Deaths". Iran Human Rights. 15 September 2023. Archived from the original on 30 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

iranintl.com (Global: 2,247^th place; English: 7,334^th place)

"Basij Thugs Attack Girls Language School In Iran To Enforce Hijab". www.iranintl.com. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2025.

irdc.ir (Global: 9,609^th place; English: low place)

"سیر تأسیس ارتش بیست میلیونی؛ از سازمان بسیج ملی تا نیروی مقاومت بسیج / روایتی از اولین مأموریت‌های بسیج در کشور". Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

iribnews.ir (Global: 4,257^th place; English: low place)

"تعداد اعضای بسیج بیش از 25 میلیون نفر". Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

jcpa.org (Global: 9,643^rd place; English: 7,561^st place)

"Iranian Forces on the Golan?". Jerusalem Center For Public Affairs. 29 May 2013. Archived from the original on 13 August 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
"The Arab world fears the 'Safavid'". Jerusalem Center For Public Affairs. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.

jpost.com (Global: 544^th place; English: 387^th place)

"UNHRC to hold special session on Iran, human rights violations". The Jerusalem Post. 2022. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2022.

jstor.org (Global: 26^th place; English: 20^th place)

Golkar, Saeid (October 2012). "Paramilitarization of the Economy : The Case of Iran's Basij Militia". Armed Forces & Society. 38 (4): 625–648. doi:10.1177/0095327X12437687. JSTOR 48609114. S2CID 155010870. Archived from the original on 13 October 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

khamenei.ir (Global: 5,786^th place; English: low place)

english.khamenei.ir

"Supreme Leader's Speech to Basij Members". Khamenei.ir. 3 May 2008. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.

montrealgazette.com (Global: 2,025^th place; English: 1,150^th place)

"Amnesty urges Iran to stop using Basij militia". The Gazette. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2009.^{[dead link]}

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

nytimes.com

Neil MacFarquhar (19 June 2009). "Shadowy Iranian Vigilantes Vow Bolder Action". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
Gordon, Michael R. (21 May 2013). "Iran and Hezbollah's Support for Syria Complicates U.S. Strategy on Peace Talks". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
Tabrizy, Nilo; Jhaveri, Ishaan (23 November 2022). "How Iran's Security Forces Use Ambulances to Suppress Protests". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.

topics.nytimes.com

"Basij Militia". The New York Times. 2 December 2011. Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2014.

pbs.org (Global: 198^th place; English: 154^th place)

"Iran Primer: The Basij Resistance Force". FRONTLINE - Tehran Bureau. Retrieved 21 March 2024.

rand.org (Global: 2,921^st place; English: 2,118^th place)

Nikola B. Schahgaldian, Gina Barkhordarian (March 1987), The Iranian Military Under the Islamic Republic (PDF), RAND, ISBN 0-8330-0777-7, archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2017, retrieved 15 January 2017

reuters.com (Global: 49^th place; English: 47^th place)

"Iran's Basij force: specialists in cracking down on dissent". Reuters. 22 September 2022. Archived from the original on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
"Saudi, Bahrain add Iran's Revolutionary Guards to terrorism lists". Reuters. 23 October 2018. Archived from the original on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
Iran opposition says 72 died in post-poll unrest Archived 11 May 2020 at the Wayback Machine Reuters. 3 September 2009
"Iran hangs two men accused of killing security agent during protests". Reuters. 7 January 2022. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
"Iran's Basij force: specialists in cracking down on dissent". Reuters. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2025.

rferl.org (Global: 737^th place; English: 605^th place)

"Iran's Basij Force – The Mainstay Of Domestic Security". Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. 15 January 2009. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
Aryan, Hossein (27 May 2010). "How Schoolchildren Are Brainwashed In Iran". RFERL. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
Aryan, Hossein (5 February 2009). "Pillar Of The State". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 21 March 2024.

semanticscholar.org (Global: 11^th place; English: 8^th place)

api.semanticscholar.org

Golkar, Saeid (October 2012). "Paramilitarization of the Economy : The Case of Iran's Basij Militia". Armed Forces & Society. 38 (4): 625–648. doi:10.1177/0095327X12437687. JSTOR 48609114. S2CID 155010870. Archived from the original on 13 October 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

state.gov (Global: 264^th place; English: 249^th place)

"Iran". United States Department of State. Retrieved 24 June 2025.

stratfor.com (Global: 8,567^th place; English: 7,145^th place)

worldview.stratfor.com

"Iran: The Supreme Leader's New Security Force". Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.

tasnimnews.com (Global: 995^th place; English: 4,729^th place)

"سردار سپهر: ۵۴ هزار پایگاه بسیج برای رزمایش کمک مومنانه فعالیت می کنند". خبرگزاری تسنیم | Tasnim. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.

tehrantimes.com (Global: 4,540^th place; English: 3,354^th place)

"Ayatollah Khamenei names new military commanders". Tehran Times. 2 July 2019. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.

telegraph.co.uk (Global: 30^th place; English: 24^th place)

"Iran boosts support to Syria". The Telegraph. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
McDowall, Angus (21 June 2009). "Iran's Basij force: the shock troops terrorising protesters". Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

theguardian.com (Global: 12^th place; English: 11^th place)

"Fresh protests erupt in Iran's universities and Kurdish region". The Guardian. 6 November 2022. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.

time.com (Global: 61^st place; English: 54^th place)

Kangarlou, Tara (5 December 2022). "The Brutal Militia Trained to Kill for Iran's Islamic Regime". Time magazine. Archived from the original on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
Kangarlou, Tara (5 December 2022). "The Brutal Militia Trained to Kill for Iran's Islamic Regime". TIME. Retrieved 24 June 2025.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"Iran decreases IRGC budget for next year". AzerNews Newspaper. 18 January 2016. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
"تعداد اعضای بسیج بیش از 25 میلیون نفر". Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
Kenneth Katzman (6 February 2017), "Iran's Foreign and Defense Policies" (PDF), Congressional Research Service, Federation of American Scientists, p. 24, archived (PDF) from the original on 8 March 2017, retrieved 1 March 2017
John Pike. "GlobalSecurity.org Intelligence: Mobilisation Resistance Force". Archived from the original on 30 April 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
Alfoneh</a>, <a href=scholar/137>Ali (23 September 2008). "What Do Structural Changes in the Revolutionary Guards Mean?". www.aei.org. Archived from the original on 27 October 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
"Iran's Basij force: specialists in cracking down on dissent". Reuters. 22 September 2022. Archived from the original on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
"Basij Militia". The New York Times. 2 December 2011. Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
"سیر تأسیس ارتش بیست میلیونی؛ از سازمان بسیج ملی تا نیروی مقاومت بسیج / روایتی از اولین مأموریت‌های بسیج در کشور". Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
Neil MacFarquhar (19 June 2009). "Shadowy Iranian Vigilantes Vow Bolder Action". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
"Supreme Leader's Speech to Basij Members". Khamenei.ir. 3 May 2008. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
"What we know about the Basij, the paramilitary volunteer group cracking down on protesters in Iran". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting). 13 October 2022. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
Kangarlou, Tara (5 December 2022). "The Brutal Militia Trained to Kill for Iran's Islamic Regime". Time magazine. Archived from the original on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
"Saudi, Bahrain add Iran's Revolutionary Guards to terrorism lists". Reuters. 23 October 2018. Archived from the original on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
بسیج Archived 6 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine abadis.ir
"Iran's Basij Force – The Mainstay Of Domestic Security". Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. 15 January 2009. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
Scott Peterson (16 June 2003). "Iran's angry young adults erupt in political protest 16.6.2003". The Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
"Iranian Forces on the Golan?". Jerusalem Center For Public Affairs. 29 May 2013. Archived from the original on 13 August 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
"The Arab world fears the 'Safavid'". Jerusalem Center For Public Affairs. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
Gordon, Michael R. (21 May 2013). "Iran and Hezbollah's Support for Syria Complicates U.S. Strategy on Peace Talks". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
Iran opposition says 72 died in post-poll unrest Archived 11 May 2020 at the Wayback Machine Reuters. 3 September 2009
"Iran: The Supreme Leader's New Security Force". Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
"One Year Protest Report: At Least 551 Killed and 22 Suspicious Deaths". Iran Human Rights. 15 September 2023. Archived from the original on 30 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
"Fresh protests erupt in Iran's universities and Kurdish region". The Guardian. 6 November 2022. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
"Stalked, tortured, disappeared: Iranian authorities have a playbook for silencing dissent, and they're using it again". CNN. 20 October 2022. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
"CNN investigates female and male protesters' accounts of sexual assault in Iranian detention centers". www.cnn.com. 2022. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
Pourahmadi, Adam; El Sirgany, Sarah; Karadsheh, Jomana (16 September 2023). "One year since Mahsa Amini's death, a protester shot in the eye during Iran's crackdown continues her struggle from exile". CNN. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
Tabrizy, Nilo; Jhaveri, Ishaan (23 November 2022). "How Iran's Security Forces Use Ambulances to Suppress Protests". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
"UNHRC to hold special session on Iran, human rights violations". The Jerusalem Post. 2022. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
"Iran hangs two men accused of killing security agent during protests". Reuters. 7 January 2022. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
Ghobadi, Parham (4 November 2022). "Iran security forces and state media cover up protester's death – source". BBC. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
Golkar, Saeid (October 2012). "Paramilitarization of the Economy : The Case of Iran's Basij Militia". Armed Forces & Society. 38 (4): 625–648. doi:10.1177/0095327X12437687. JSTOR 48609114. S2CID 155010870. Archived from the original on 13 October 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
سردار نقدی در برنامه تلویزیونی «متن – حاشیه»:23 میلیون و 800 هزار نفر عضو بسیج هستند/ از کسی تا کنون شکایت نکرده ایم/ رابطه بسیج با این دولت مانند دولت قبل است Archived 23 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Fars news agency, 23 November 2015
"سردار سپهر: ۵۴ هزار پایگاه بسیج برای رزمایش کمک مومنانه فعالیت می کنند". خبرگزاری تسنیم | Tasnim. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
"Ayatollah Khamenei names new military commanders". Tehran Times. 2 July 2019. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
Nikola B. Schahgaldian, Gina Barkhordarian (March 1987), The Iranian Military Under the Islamic Republic (PDF), RAND, ISBN 0-8330-0777-7, archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2017, retrieved 15 January 2017
McDowall, Angus (21 June 2009). "Iran's Basij force: the shock troops terrorising protesters". Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
"Profile: Basij militia force". BBC News. 18 June 2009. Archived from the original on 22 June 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2009.

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