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Posted on 09/18/2026 3:07:45 PM PDT by Libloather
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians flooded the streets of Tehran on Friday for a government-organized rally calling on civilians to join the military and prepare to “sacrifice their lives.”
It was the largest demonstration in the country since the United States and Israel attacked Iran in February.
Dubbed “Janfaday-e Iran,” or “ones who sacrifice their lives for Iran,” the rally was designed to project national unity as Tehran faces a worsening economy amid US sanctions and a naval blockade of Iranian ports.
But the spectacle was also a show of force for Iran.
Iranian state media said more than 300,000 people were on the streets Friday, and Gen. Hassan Hassanzadeh, Tehran’s guard chief, claimed over 600,000 people had already registered for the military-training campaign.
He said more than 1 million could ultimately participate.
The volunteers are expected to receive basic military training, including instruction with assault rifles, and would provide a new layer of security alongside Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its Basij militia, which has played a key factor in removing anti-government protests.
The head of the Basij, Hossien Taeb, declared in a speech that the volunteers will be ready for “full-fledged defense” and that similar rallies will take place in other Iranian cities.
Taeb said the new trainees will create a “nightmare” for Iran’s enemies.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, military commanders and other senior officials were in attendance at the rally.
Some demonstrators stomped on American and Israeli flags, while crowds chanted “Death to America!” and “Death to Israel!”
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Show up or we’ll kill you but we’ll torture you a lot first
I know some boys who can help them do that.
Why are the rifles scotch taped ?
Limited number of rounds for hunting deer.
Best guess: The magazines are empty and the rifles are unloaded, and if that situation changed it would be apparent (unless they had their own roll of tape).
LOL...Rallies.
>Best guess: The magazines are empty and the rifles are unloaded, and if that situation changed it would be apparent (unless they had their own roll of tape).
Yep. They’re not going to risk grandma in the back there being willing to actually sacrifice her life for the real Iran and pop an IRGC thug.
Iranian state media said more than 300,000 people were on the streets Friday
I think they mean more than 300,000 people were FORCED to be on the streets Friday.
I can count ten mostly women, not exactly as the headline proclaims.
Correct: This was not a “we have no fear” march; it’s a “we have no choice” command.
Do Chicom AKs come out of the box like that?
That’s right.
Let me guess: Political science expert Macklemore buys into this and will say “free Iran”
I have a theory on the taped magazines. Sometimes when you see a taped magazine the tape holds another loaded magazine. You fire the one in the rifle and then eject it, flip it around and load the other magazine. But this appears not to be the case in the photo. My theory is that the magazine does not fit the rifle. That’s why they are actually taped onto the guy...to hold it in place for the photo.
Why are you posting a picture from the streets of Dearborn, Nichigan?
Are they now saying that they are now all combatants so now all bets are off?
no they come out covered with cosmaline.
I like the one with the facemask.
Should help a lot when a 7.62x51 round hits her at 2600 fps...
Nice glasses, very stylish.
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