Basij operates under which parent organization?

Basij operates under which parent organization?

• A. IRGC
• B. Regular police
• C. Ministry of Interior
• D. Presidency

Answer: (A)

Basij is the volunteer paramilitary wing tied to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. It was created and organized under the IRGC to mobilize civilians for ideological support, internal security, and various security-and-policing tasks, all within the IRGC’s chain of command. That linkage to the IRGC explains why it is not part of the regular police (which reports to the Ministry of Interior) or the Presidency, and not an independent civilian agency. So, the parent organization is the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Basij is the volunteer paramilitary wing tied to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. It was created and organized under the IRGC to mobilize civilians for ideological support, internal security, and various security-and-policing tasks, all within the IRGC’s chain of command. That linkage to the IRGC explains why it is not part of the regular police (which reports to the Ministry of Interior) or the Presidency, and not an independent civilian agency. So, the parent organization is the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.