Iranian Forces Are Recruiting Children as Young as 12 as 'Volunteers' in Security Roles: Report

Fonte: International Business Times

As military conflicts in the Middle East continue, reports of an 11-year-old boy who was recently killed in a drone strike illustrate a new aspect of the war. Iranian media outlets reported that Alireza Jafari, a fifth-grade student, recently died at a checkpoint run by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Tehran during recent clashes involving the United States, Israel and Iran. According to reports, Jafari died in what authorities described as a drone attack.