Mohammad Reza Naqdi, commander of the Basij, July 6, 2013

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Mohammad Reza Naqdi
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“Had [former Egyptian president Mohammed] Mursi not been deceived by the US and had he started campaign against Israel, he would have attained a higher and better status than Jamal Abdel Nasser among Egyptians and today people would have defeated those who planned the coup against him and not only in Egypt, but in all Muslim countries large crowds would have come out to defend him.”“Basij Commander: Mursi’s Fall Result of Trusting US,” Fars News Agency, July 6, 2013, http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13920415001056.

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On May 8, 2019, Taliban insurgents detonated an explosive-laden vehicle and then broke into American NGO Counterpart International’s offices in Kabul. At least seven people were killed and 24 were injured.

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