The Basigis Are Like Islamic Boy Scouts

The Basig is an army of about 150 200 000 men who were founded to protect the Islamic regime's political system that's what they're there for. Khomeini founded the revolutionary guards just after the revolution and this was so this isn't the ordinary army but a volunteer force made up of young boys from poor families disenfranchised. They are really well trained, well equipped and they're well paid and will be loyal to the supreme leader can you tell me uh remita as people here in the west the international community what support can we give to the Iranian protesters? What can we do i've heard that if you get officials to sponsor someone on death row they are likely to not execute them

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