Iran has formed its first "Can feda" brigade, a new volunteer force under the Revolutionary Guards, APA reported.
Iran has formed its first "Can feda" brigade, a new volunteer force under the Revolutionary Guards, APA reported.
The Tehran commander of the Guards, General Hasan Hasanzade, said the brigade has finished training, is equipped, and its fighters will be sent to operational areas in Iran's south and west. He said more than 33 million people had signed up to a defence mobilisation drive.
The name means "life sacrificers", and the formation is a sign of how Iran is building mass volunteer forces alongside its regular military.
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