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Examples
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But he wore the scarf with pride, he said, because being a basiji was a “state of mind.”
Let the Swords Encircle Me Scott Peterson 2010
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Iranian police and militia known as basiji have launched a nationwide operation against people they accuse of deviating from official standards of dress or behaviour.
How's this for a police chief??? GayandRight 2007
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Iranian police and militia known as basiji have launched a nationwide operation against people they accuse of deviating from official standards of dress or behaviour.
Archive 2007-10-01 GayandRight 2007
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Numerous sources in Tehran have told NewsCore that the Revolutionary Guard shock troops known as basiji are spreading the word that Israeli agents are operating within Tehran as a method of frightening potential protesters and keeping them off the streets.
FOXNews.com 2009
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Mousavi and reformist former President Mohammad Khatami wrote a letter to the State Security Council, the country's highest authority on internal security, to complain about attacks on protesters by plainclothes "basiji," a paramilitary force under the Revolutionary Guard.
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Mousavi and reformist former President Mohammad Khatamiwrote a letter to the State Security Council, the country's highest authority on internal security, to complain about attacks on protesters by plainclothes "basiji," a paramilitary force under the Revolutionary Guard.
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But when she starts crying, it's actually because she sees "them" (she never says who exactly, but you can assume from context that it's the basiji) climbing balconies and breaking into houses with bricks.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Saturday June 20) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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From an Iranian via reader Samira: All streets are full of basiji and police. they have blocked all the streets.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Saturday June 20) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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She was, they said, shot by a basiji riding by on a motorcycle.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Sunday June 21) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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CNN just aired this amateur video of a basiji raid tonight on what looks to be an apartment complex.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Saturday June 20 Part II) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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