The Basij were deployed as cannon fodder in human-wave attacks during the Iran-Iraq War. Since then, they have been used as inexpensive volunteer enforcers and agents of repression. They are drawn ...

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Iranian demonstrators set mosques ablaze during heated protests against the country’s Islamic government, according to local video and reports this ...

The scale of nationwide protests in Iran and the bloody crackdown that has followed is slowly coming into focus, even though ...

Video shared on social media on January 9th showed a mosque burning in Tehran during Iran’s most widespread protests in years. The date when the video was recorded could not be independently verified.

Iran is rejecting Islam and is among the least religious nations on earth, according to A. Darius Kamalia a human rights ...

The Islamic Republic of Iran faces its worst security crisis, with spiralling nationwide protests amid the threat of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Video shared on social media on January 9th showed a mosque burning in Tehran during Iran’s most widespread protests in years. The ...

Iranian demonstrators set mosques ablaze during heated protests against the country’s Islamic government, according to local video and reports this weekend. Protesters in Iran have set numerous fires ...

Iranian demonstrators set mosques ablaze during heated protests against the country’s Islamic government, according to local video and reports this weekend. Iranians gather while blocking a street ...