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The commander of the Basij paramilitary force, Gholamreza Soleimani, died after offensives attributed to the United States and Israel, Iranian state media reported on Tuesday (17).
Hours earlier, the Israeli government had already declared that it had carried out the action that resulted in the commander’s death.
The Basij forces are a volunteer paramilitary group in Iran. They currently function as an essential arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), acting in internal repression and supporting the Iranian theocracy.
