Seyed Mohsen Dehnavi was the head of the Basiji at Tehran’s Sharif University, former students at the university and activists claim.
Several former Sharif University students who did not want to be identified because of fear of government harassment told RFE/RL that Dehnavi was involved in putting pressure on reformist students.
Amir Etemadi, the chief editor of the opposition media outlet Taghato, which also posted about Dehnavi’s alleged Basij background, says he’s not surprised that a Basiji would want to live in the United States.
“I know that despite all the bad things they say about the United States — they trample on the U.S. flag, they burn it — one of their main wishes is to live in the U.S.,” he said.
“In Iran, [the hard-liners] say one day we will turn the White House into a [mosque],” Etemadi said. “It’s the slogan of IRGC and Basij members. It may be an exaggeration but I think they believe in this slogan. They believe they have to come to the United States if they want to deal a blow to the country.”
https://www.rferl.org/a/iranian-doctor-denied-u-s-entry-basij-links/28612992.html
Same group that murdered protester Neda Soltani in the street, June 2009.
“In Iran, [the hard-liners] say one day we will turn the White House into a [mosque],”
Eh, we are just coming off eight years of THAT! /s;)