Spring of freedom

Afghan militants, linked to the IRGC, stationing in the flood-hit city of Poledokhtar Fearing an outburst of anger and subsequent unrest in flood-stricken regions, the clerical regime ruling Iran has dispatched hundreds of its extraterritorial elements affiliated to the terrorist-designated Revolutionary Guards ( IRGC ) from Iraq and Afghanistan to the provinces of Lorestan and Khuzestan, in the west and southwest regions of the country, respectively. Under the pretext of assisting relief distribution efforts to the flood-hit areas or preventing floods from entering towns and villages, the IRGC uses these proxy units to, in fact, create a climate of fear and suppress any potential unrest. Following the dispatch of Hashd al-Shaabi militants (Popular Mobilization Forces/Popular Mobilization Units) from Iraq to Ahvaz earlier in the week, the IRGC-affiliated Fars News Agency reported that another group of these vicious elements, called “al-Nojaba,” affiliated to the terrorist IRGC...

The Basij targets Afghan immigrants in Iran, some as young as 14 years old, to fight in Syria.” The US Department of Treasury on October 16 designated the Iranian Basij paramilitary forces along with 22 linked companies and financial institutions as  terrorist organizations . The US Treasury’s latest move against the Iranian regime effectively freezes the assets of these organizations and bans US citizens and companies from dealing with companies and financial institutions connected to Basij, the paramilitary wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards. Two days later, Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations said in her  remarks in UN’s Security Council : “In less than two weeks, on October 30, Iran will celebrate Student Basij Day.” “What does Basij Day celebrate? It is the day during the Iran-Iraq War when a 13-year-old boy strapped a live grenade to his body and leaped under an oncoming Iraqi tank. His name was Hossein Fahmideh. Child soldiers like Ho...