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Iranian Child “Soldiers”
I had no idea that Iran used child-martyrs in the Iran/Iraq war. I placed “soldiers” in quotes because they weren’t really fighting. They were marched in straight lines to be either mowed down or to blow up mines with their bodies.
This is a terrifying tale of humanity at its lowest. But it must be told.
3 Responses to “Iranian Child “Soldiers””
Uh, yeah.
you didnt know? I thought it was well known that both sides allowed children to be “martyred”
It was part of the “human wave” that Iran sent against Saddam. Not all that different from what the Russians did in World War I, actually. They send unarmed, or under-armed “soldiers” to the front line to draw fire, trip mines, or stall the enemy, while gearing up for a real fight elsewhere. Desperate countries have always used teenagers in war – sometimes pre-teens. The Confederacy relied on 13 and 14 year-olds in the last year of the Civil War because everybody else was used up. So did the Nazis in 1945.