Iran’s Basij forces are hiding in fear, IDF says

Basij forces in Tehran are hiding and afraid, the Israeli military said, adding that its aircraft were operating over the city and targeting Basij members and their checkpoints.

The IDF said on its Persian-language account on X that Basij forces who had previously carried out deadly crackdowns against their fellow citizens were now in hiding.

“When you hear the sound of our aircraft in the streets, it is proof that the streets are being cleansed of violence and that fear is shifting from the Iranian people to the terrorist Basij forces,” the post read.