Iran militia in Tehran show of strength
Established by Iran's revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the several hundred thousand strong Basij has always seen its primary role as defending the values of the revolution (AFP Photo/Chavosh Homavandi)/ Tehran (AFP) - Iran's Basij militia, which played a key role in crushing opposition protests in 2009, has put on a show of strength in the capital in a two-day exercise culminating Thursday. Some 50,000 members of the largely volunteer force were taking part in the drill, which was intended to "prove the security forces' ...
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