Latest Basij News & Updates

Tehran, March 24 (IANS) Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr has been appointed as the new Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, replacing Ali Larijani who was killed in an Israeli attack last week, the Iranian media reported on Tuesday quoting a statement issued by Mehdi Tabatabai, the Iranian President’s Public Relations aide. It was stated that Zolqadr has been appointed with the approval and consent of leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Khamenei and by the decree o…

Islamabad, March 22 (IANS) Pakistan has remained silent on Saudi Arabia facing repeated Iranian attacks targeting key installations, including energy infrastructure, despite Islamabad having a ‘Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA)’ with Riyadh, as per a report. Despite receiving financial and strategic support from Saudi Arabia for decades, Pakistan continues to ‘appease’ Iran, Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury wrote in an opinion piece in The Eurasian Times.”It is worth noting that relation…

New Delhi, Mar 1 (IANS) The Iranian Embassy in India lowered its flag to half-mast after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s killing in a US-Israel strike. Khamenei was killed in an epochal attack by the US and Israel, marking an inflexion point in the 46-year Shia-theocratic rule, as Tehran’s retaliation set off conflagrations in a swath of the Middle East.In a statement shared on X, the Iranian Embassy in India expressed sorrow and grief over the killing of Ayatollah Khamenei in the att…