The Basij is to Blame for Violence

WorldFocus' Daljit Dhaliwal interviews Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment about the state of affairs in Iran. Sadjadpour describes the Basij, an arm of the Islamic Revolutionary guard, as "boy scouts" in some rural parts of Iran. However, he says there are some hard-line elements to the organization that are more like "a cross with the Hells Angels and the Taliban." He says this particular faction of young men is responsible for violently suppressing protesters with the blessing of Tehran.

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