How the Iranian regime uses children to fuel its warmongering and terrorism
The Basij targets Afghan immigrants in Iran, some as young as 14 years old, to fight in Syria.” The US Department of Treasury on October 16 designated the Iranian Basij paramilitary forces along with 22 linked companies and financial institutions as terrorist organizations . The US Treasury’s latest move against the Iranian regime effectively freezes the assets of these organizations and bans US citizens and companies from dealing with companies and financial institutions connected to Basij, the paramilitary wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards. Two days later, Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations said in her remarks in UN’s Security Council : “In less than two weeks, on October 30, Iran will celebrate Student Basij Day.” “What does Basij Day celebrate? It is the day during the Iran-Iraq War when a 13-year-old boy strapped a live grenade to his body and leaped under an oncoming Iraqi tank. His name was Hossein Fahmideh. Child soldiers like Ho...