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A member of the volunteer paramilitary force known as the baseej started rubbing the stone clean as protesters walked away.
Iranian protesters mark year since Ahmadinejad's election win 2010
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June 21 yesterday the police forced and baseej were all there.
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There are reports of arrests and crackdowns on protesters by the Revolutionary Guard, and the feared baseej could begin to lay a heavier hand if protests continue.
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet: Weekly Foreign Affairs Round-Up 2009
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The Iranian government asserts absolute control: by taking on the intellectual and political elite sympathetic to the opposition; by asserting control over key ministries; and shoring up the alliances of its myriad armed forces including the Revolutionary Guard, the Army, the Police and the feared baseej militia.
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet: Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup 2009
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Baseej pro-regime paramilitary outnumbered, just watching people march… am being told that there are injured students stuck in Tehan dorms. surrounded by baseej…. hearing rumours that Mousavi and Khatami are in azadi square now, unconfirmed…
@PersianKiwi Is The World’s Most Important Journalist Right Now | ATTACKERMAN 2009
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The interior minister also claims to have uncovered a conspiracy whereby armed saboteurs pretended to be members of the baseej, a vigilante force of zealots which has been widely accused of brutality.
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Police force was better, but baseej was merciless. there was shootings also and a girl is killed which they themselves took her body we dont know where.
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The interior minister also claims to have uncovered a conspiracy whereby armed saboteurs pretended to be members of the baseej, a vigilante force of zealots which has been widely accused of brutality.
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Moreover, the clubs are often run by members of the Revolutionary Guard, part of the armed forces, with help from the baseej, Iran's volunteer paramilitaries.
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The baseej, a volunteer militia that played a big part in suppressing the 2009
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