Bassjis vow to form human chain around Iran

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Iran's volunteer Islamic militiamen known as 'Bassijis' are vowing to form a human chain along the length of the country's borders as a show of force against international pressure on Tehran's atomic program.Iran faces referral to the U.N.

Security Council for possible sanctions after failing to convince the world its nuclear fuel program is intended for power stations rather than warheads. Mohammad Hejazi, head of the volunteer basij militia, swore he had enough people to girdle the country. "Nine million basij will form a human chain around Iran on November 26 in support of the country's right to peaceful nuclear energy," he told state television Wednesday. He said the chain would run to about 8,700 km (5,406 miles) and added President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would attend the ceremony.

Hejazi gave no account of how Iran's rickety transport networks would move nine million people to Iran's often highly inaccessible borders.Iran's conservative leadership says as many as 11 million of its 68 million people are loyal basij militia members, but the numbers are impossible to verify.

Sounds like a great time for a massive demonstrations inside of Iran. The real threat to the regime is not outside Iran but from its own people.