Click to expand Image Iranian security forces stand guard on top of an armored vehicle in Tehran on March 21, 2026. © 2026 AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is conducting a campaign …
Iran: Military Stepping Up Child Recruitment
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has escalated a campaign to recruit child soldiers by exploiting online vulnerabilities in recruitment platforms. This recruitment drive targets minors through systemic manipulation of digital recruitment systems, posing severe humanitarian and cybersecurity risks. Affected systems include Iranian military recruitment websites and social media platforms used for targeting.