{"id":8297,"date":"2018-10-26T09:03:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T07:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=8297"},"modified":"2018-10-28T19:17:59","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T18:17:59","slug":"basij-force-us-sanctions-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2018\/10\/basij-force-us-sanctions-iran\/8297\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is the Basij force targeted by the US new sanctions?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Who is the Basij force targeted by the US new sanctions?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introducing the sanctions last Tuesday,\u00a0the United States Treasury Department said in a statement\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>that the network of businesses that were targeted by the new sanctions provide financial support to Basij Force, that trains child soldiers for the IRGC.<\/p>\n

The new US sanctions on October 16, targeted some 20 companies and financial institutions that finance Basij Force, a paramilitary organization linked to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).<\/p>\n

The United Nations should condemn and audited the Iranian regime of using children in war.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, October 18, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley strongly condemned Iranian regime\u2019s Basij Force (mobilization) its alleged recruitment and use of child soldiers in battlefields across the Middle East.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/4freedominiran2\/status\/1056482858192252930<\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s Basij Force indoctrinates school children and provides combat training to children as young as 12 years old. These children are then coerced into fighting abroad for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)\u201d. Haley said Thursday during a U.N. Security Council meeting in her speech about the situation in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

She stated that: \u201cThe Basij Resistance Force<\/a> is a paramilitary force operating under Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) In addition to cracking down on dissidents in Iran, the Basij indoctrinate school children and provide combat training to children fighting abroad for the IRGC.<\/p>\n

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.@USUN<\/a> Ambassador Nikki Haley: #Iran<\/a>\u2019s Basij Resistance Force indoctrinates school children and provides combat training to children as young as 12 years old. These children are then coerced into fighting abroad for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). pic.twitter.com\/93h9EMxVrS<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Department of State (@StateDept) October 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n