Basij
The Basij (Persian: بسيج, lit. "The Mobilization"), Niru-ye Moghāvemat-e Basij (Persian: نیروی مقاومت بسیج, "Mobilisation Resistance Force"), full name Sāzmān-e Basij-e Mostaz'afin (Persian: سازمان بسیج مستضعفین, "The Organization for Mobilization of the Oppressed"),[2][3] is one of the five forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).[4]
| Basij | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Motto | "20,000,000 man army" |
| Formation | 26 November 1979 (decreed) 30 April 1980 (founded) |
| Type | Paramilitary volunteer militia |
| Purpose/focus | Auxiliaries |
| Commander | Brig. Gen. Gholamreza Soleimani |
| Parent organization | None (1980–81) Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (since 1981) |
| Budget |  $357.08 million[1] |
| Website | basij |
References
- ↑ "Iran decreases IRGC budget for next year". AzerNews Newspaper. 18 January 2016. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ↑ John Pike. "GlobalSecurity.org Intelligence: Mobilisation Resistance Force". Archived from the original on 30 April 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ↑ AEI Outlook Series: What Do Structural Changes in the Revolutionary Guards Mean? Archived 27 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Forozan, Hesam (2015), The Military in Post-Revolutionary Iran: The Evolution and Roles of the Revolutionary Guards, Taylor & Francis, pp. 56–58, ISBN 978-1317430735
