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Inside the Basij, Iran’s Militia Serving the Islamic Regime | TIME

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The IRGC's militia, the Basij, consists of millions of "ideologically brainwashed and easily mobilized" volunteers.

Nearly a dozen weeks into the Iranian people’s anti-government revolt , human rights activists say the death toll has risen to over 400 people—including 60 children—while thousands more remain in detention. Most have been imprisoned, injured, and killed by a diehard group trained by the regime to stifle dissent at all costs. Daily accounts of brutal crackdowns by the state against its own citizens , tragic killings of individuals , baseless detentions , as well as a series of recurring forced confessions —as practiced by the regime—have further enraged the millions of Iranians who continue to

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