Basij
The Basij (, lit. "The Mobilization"), Niru-ye Moghāvemat-e Basij (, "Mobilisation Resistance Force"), full name Sāzmān-e Basij-e Mostaz'afin (, "The Organization for Mobilization of the Oppressed"), is one of the five forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. A paramilitary volunteer militia established in Iran in 1979 by order of Ayatollah Khomeini, leader of the Iranian Revolution, the organization originally consisted of civilian volunteers who were urged by Khomeini to fight in the Iran–Iraq War.
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Basij
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Basij
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Basij
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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paramilitary
Concept
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Iran
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1979-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1979
DATE
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Ayatollah Khomeini
PER
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Iranian Revolution
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Iran–Iraq War
EVE
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Basij
ORG
Q271110
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
ORG
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Basij
ORG
1979-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1979
DATE
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Basij
ORG
Q38823
Ayatollah Khomeini
PER
Q126065
Iranian Revolution
EVE
Q794
Iran
LOC
Q126065
Iranian Revolution
EVE
Q38823
Ayatollah Khomeini
PER
Q82664
Iran–Iraq War
EVE
Q794
Iran
LOC