The Basij are basically the plainclothes thugs of the IRGC. They are really an extension of the IRGC, just a different means of repression.
To add to what I said earlier, if we're really concerned about these concentrations of wealth and their impact on the Islamic Republic, we should also look into our own backyard, at the billions of dollars of dirty money right here in Canada in our real estate markets in Toronto and Vancouver. Many, many insiders have made Canada their home without any questions being asked. That has certain consequences. One of them is that these groups are buying influence and are very busy trying to whitewash the Islamic Republic's appalling human rights record.
So I think we need to clean up our own backyard as well try to project certain policies on the global stage.