Israel targets Iran’s feared Basij from commanders down to street level, but its grip remains strong
BEIRUT — Hours after Israel killed the top commander of Iran’s Basij this week, it struck again — this time…
Israeli strikes eliminate Iranian security chief Larijani and Basij commander Soleimani
A profile photo of Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, published by the IDF…
Israel intensifies strikes on repression sites, expands outreach to Iranians as regime repression deepens (March 8-10 updates)
An image posted by the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news shows a banner in Tehran that depicts Mojtaba Khamenei, son…
US and Israel establish air superiority, focus strikes on Iranian military sites and ‘regime pillars’ (March 4–5)
Israeli F-16 fighters “en route” to conducting operations in Iran. (IDF) The American and Israeli campaign against the…
Tehran after Khamenei’s death: Rallies of mourning but also dancing in the streets
TEHRAN — In January 1979, the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, left a nation that erupted in celebration at…
IRGC Basij member killed in southeastern Iran attack
2025-11-01T20:16:57+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Tehran Two members of the Basij paramilitary…
If Iran’s regime fell tomorrow, Iranians wouldn’t be united on what comes next
From 2015 to 2018, I spent 15 months doing research work in Mashhad, Iran’s second-largest city. As an…