From the web: “The roots of Iran’s revolutionary fighters”

Young Isfahanis know better than to mess with the boys from Najafabad. This city west of Isfahan once famed for apricot and pear orchards, is today known as a fertile recruiting ground for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or the Basij, the part-time militia run by the IRGC.

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Paul Sedra

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