Mechanisms through which Basij Takes Benefit from Psychological Operation

A paramilitary organization like Basij can fulfill its own various missions in social, cultural, political and security fields provided that it organizes its missions and tasks effectively and efficiently, and benefit from the existing options. One of the methods is psychological operation. The present research is to look into the mechanisms and processes of benefiting from efficient psychological operation by Basij. In this research, survey method is used to achieve its major and minor objectives. For this purpose, the sample comments of 72 managers and experts familiar with mission fields of Basij measured through benefiting from a selfmade scale with validity of 0.87. The results indicated that firstly, majority of the respondents consider benefiting from psychological operation essential. Secondly, through benefiting from psychological operation, Basij can conduct its missions more effectively. Thirdly, among strategies of psychological operation used by Basij, some strategies are more effective. Fourthly, some psychological operation techniques are more effective than others. Finally, Basij should use some strategies, methods and techniques of psychological operation more than the others to enhance its efficiency.