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Iran Stages Mass Weddings for Couples Said to Have Volunteered for "Self-Sacrifice" in War with U.S.
State TV broadcast the ceremonies as authorities said 110 couples joined one Imam Hossein Square wedding and millions have signed up for the Janfada scheme.
- Tehran hosted mass weddings on Monday as part of the Sacrifice for Iran event, combining traditional ceremonies with patriotic symbolism amid regional tensions involving Iran, Israel, and Americans.
- Couples signed up for the self-sacrifice scheme, known as janfada in Persian, pledging to put their lives on the line during the war by forming human chains outside power stations.
- At Imam Hossein, 110 couples arrived in military jeeps with mounted machine guns for the ceremony, while the stage featured balloons and a lilac-colored missile, according to The AFP.
- Iranian media broadcast the ceremonies on state TV to boost wartime morale, with President Masoud Pezeshkian and Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf among top figures supporting the initiative.
- The event occurred amid repeated military threats from President Donald Trump and the continued public absence of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei since the war began on February 28.
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In Iran’s Capital, Weapons Demonstrations Send a Signal at Home and Abroad As Threat of War Remains
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