"The Basij (Persian: \u0628\u0633\u064A\u062C\u200E\u200E), full name S\u00E2zm\u00E2n-e Basij-e Mostaz'afin (Persian: \u0633\u0627\u0632\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0633\u06CC\u062C \u0645\u0633\u062A\u0636\u0639\u0641\u06CC\u0646\u200E\u200E, \"The Organization for Mobilization of the Oppressed\") is a paramilitary volunteer militia established in 1979 by order of the Islamic Revolution's leader Ayatollah Khomeini. The original organization comprised the civilian volunteers whom the Ayatollah Khomeini urged to fight in the Iran\u2013Iraq war."@en .