Mohammad Reza Naqdi, commander of the Basij, August 20, 2014

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Mohammad Reza Naqdi

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“The West’s cultural invasion is not merely against the Iranian nation and it also includes their own nations (in Europe) as they intend to separate not just our, but also their own nations from ethics and morality because if the European and US nations live an ethics-based life, they won't accept the Zionists’ cruelties so easily.”“Basij Commander: European Race on Brink of Extinction,” Fars News Agency, August 20, 2014, http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930529000571.

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IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps)

Location: Eisenhower Theater

Tuesday January 27, 2026 7:30p.m.

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Mohammad Reza Naqdi, commander of the Basij, August 20, 2014

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