Volunteers in Tehran are being trained to use firearms, drones and anti-tank weapons as part of a \u2018popular defense\u2019 campaign<\/p>\n
Iranian women have been flocking to Imam Hossein Square in central Tehran to receive basic military and first-aid training as part of the \u2018Sacrifice for Iran\u2019 popular campaign.
\nThe training center was inaugurated there last Wednesday, with the commander of the Basij paramilitary force, Hojjatoleslam Hossein Taeb, attending the opening ceremony.
\nAccording to Iranian media, the movement emerged as a grassroots initiative in late March, at the height of the US-Israeli military campaign against the Islamic Republic. It is based on the concept of \u2018popular defense,\u2019 which traces its roots to the bloody Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s.<\/p>\n
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The number of civilian volunteers, including dozens of women, enrolling in the training course has risen recently amid renewed threats from US President Donald Trump, RT\u2019s Saman Kojouri reports from Tehran.
\nParticipants register online and first receive basic training in handling weapons, including firearms, small drones, and shoulder-fired anti-tank missiles, as well as in tactical medicine. Volunteers subsequently have the option to progress to more advanced training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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