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Description: Iranian state media is circulating images of women, some in uniform, training in open-air centers across Tehran, learning to handle weapons ranging from the Kalashnikov to the Dragunov sniper rifle, RPGs, and shoulder-fired air-defense launchers, alongside urban defense, rescue, and firefighting modules. Spokesman Sasan Zare says over 500,000 women registered within 100 minutes of signups opening for “National Resistance” battalions, filling the first 1,000 units. At least 14 training sites are now operating in Tehran alone, with more opening in regional cities, part of the “Jan-Fada” (“those who sacrifice their lives”) mass recruitment movement launched after the February war. Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who hasn’t been seen publicly since being injured in that same conflict, praised the turnout in a message last week. Iranian officials, including Army commander Amir Hatami, have warned any renewed attack would draw a “crushing blow” in response. Many participants say they volunteered to be ready to protect their families if the current standoff with the US turns into a ground conflict.

My take: “Half a million registrations in under two hours is a genuinely striking mobilization number, whatever the actual military value of this training turns out to be, it signals a level of public readiness Iran clearly wants the world, and especially Washington, to see.”

CTA: “What does a number like that actually signal to you about where this standoff is headed?”
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