Iran Stages Mass Weddings for Couples Said to Have Volunteered for "Self-Sacrifice" in War with U.S.
Hundreds of couples joined state-backed ceremonies, which Iranian media said included more than 100 in one square, to project wartime mobilization.
- 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 there is a so-called "self-sacrifice" program, in which people declare themselves willing to die for their country in the war. They vow to participate in chains of people in power plants and risk their lives. The authorities reported millions of registrations. Among them are the President of Parliament Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf and President Masoud Pezeshkian. Yesterday, mass trusts were held for 110 couples who had registered for the "se…
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In pictures: Iran stages mass weddings for couples ready for war 'sacrifice'
Iranian authorities held mass public weddings in Tehran for couples who signed up to a state-sponsored scheme declaring their readiness to sacrifice their lives in the war against the US and Israel. The ceremonies conducted late on Monday involved hundreds of couples in several major squares in the capital, including more than 100 in the vast Imam Hossein square in central Tehran, according to reports in Iranian media. They were broadcast on sta…
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