IRGC recruits children as young as 12 for military roles, risking war crimes
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16 claimsIran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is conducting a campaign to recruit children as young as 12 to volunteer to become 'homeland defending combatants'.
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The campaign, called 'Homeland Defending Combatants for Iran', has set the minimum age at 12.
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The campaign aims to attract civilians for cooking, medical care, distribution, security checkpoints, patrols, and convoys.
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Open Questions
5 questionsHow many children have been recruited into the IRGC or Basij forces as part of this campaign?
What specific training or indoctrination methods are used on the recruited children?
Have any children been killed or injured while participating in IRGC or Basij activities?
What is the official Iranian government response to the allegations of child recruitment as a war crime?
How effective are the child patrols in suppressing protests and enforcing internet restrictions?
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