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...Basij, or Basijis - the paramilitary volunteer force developed by the Islamic republic to protect the Islamic revolution from civil disturbances like the kind that have occurred these past weeks - have had an overwhelming presence on Tehran's streets, often setting up roadblocks to check cars and detain people they consider suspect. They have also been brought in as reinforcements for the police in dealing with demonstrators. Although they are an official subdivision of the Islamic Republic Revolutionary Guards Corps and are decked out with crowd-control gear as well as small weapons in some cases, they are barely held accountable...
...Sepah used the Basij as a force for indoctrination and in the role of a watchdog group on campuses, factories and even tribal units," says Frederic Wehrey, adjunct senior policy analyst at the Rand Corp., who has done several joint studies on the Sepah. "The aim was to militarize civil society to prevent currents that the Islamic republic is opposed...
Paul, Representative Ron • single vote against a benign resolution "expressing support for all Iranian citizens who embrace the values of freedom, human rights, civil liberties, and rule of law" is cast...
Maier added that “a serious type of long-term civil war” would most likely be necessary for a revolution to take place...
...just go on a fishing expedition to find out what's so secret. And no child needs to see their parent being publicly humiliated." Smetters has seen cases where messages on a social-networking site were part of a harassment campaign that led to the court's issuing a civil order of protection...