{"id":8141,"date":"2026-05-20T16:03:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T16:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8141"},"modified":"2026-05-20T16:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T16:03:21","slug":"in-irans-capital-weapons-demonstrations-send-a-signal-at-home-and-abroad-as-threat-of-war-remains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8141","title":{"rendered":"In Iran\u2019s capital, weapons demonstrations send a signal at home and abroad as threat of war remains"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><p><strong>By JON GAMBRELL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 Iranian Revolutionary Guard members now regularly show the public in Tehran how to handle Kalashnikov-style assault rifles. Parades through the capital feature military vehicles mounted with belt-fed Soviet-era machine guns. And at one mass wedding, a ballistic missile, like the one that rained down cluster munitions on Israel, adorned the stage.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8135\">Officers who defended Capitol from rioters sue to block payouts from $1.8B \u2018anti-weaponization\u2019 fund<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Weapons are now regularly brandished in Tehran, an increasing show of defiance as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens he could restart the war with Iran should negotiations break down and the Islamic Republic refuses to release its grip on the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>The weapons displays reflect the genuine threat Iran faces: Trump has suggested American forces could seize Iran\u2019s stockpile of highly enriched uranium by force and previously said that he sent arms to Kurdish fighters to pass onto anti-government protesters.<\/p>\n<p>But they also offer reassurance and motivation to hard-liners and provide rare entertainment at a time of great uncertainty, when Iranians are facing mass layoffs, business closures and spiraling prices for food, medicine and other goods. Suggesting more hard-liners will be armed could also help suppress any new demonstrations against Iran\u2019s theocracy, which violently put down nationwide protests in January in a crackdown that activists say killed over 7,000 people and saw tens of thousands detained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is necessary for all our people to get trained because we are in a war situation these days,\u201d said Ali Mofidi, a 47-year-old Tehran resident at a weapons training Tuesday night. \u201cIf necessary, everyone should be available and know how to use a gun.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><ul><div><div><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A boy handles a Kalashnikov-style assault rifle during a weapons training class.\" class=\"wp-image-8137\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/be79cd3be99f9e1d878de01da395574a-1024x683.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/be79cd3be99f9e1d878de01da395574a-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/be79cd3be99f9e1d878de01da395574a-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/be79cd3be99f9e1d878de01da395574a-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/be79cd3be99f9e1d878de01da395574a-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/be79cd3be99f9e1d878de01da395574a.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>A boy handles a Kalashnikov-style assault rifle during a weapons training class led by members of the Revolutionary Guard\u2019s volunteer Basij force in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo\/Vahid Salemi)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bakhtiari nomads chant slogans as one of them holds a gun during a pro-government gathering.\" class=\"wp-image-8138\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ddf148f61f0ab379b2631ceeb4da4882-1024x683.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ddf148f61f0ab379b2631ceeb4da4882-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ddf148f61f0ab379b2631ceeb4da4882-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ddf148f61f0ab379b2631ceeb4da4882-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ddf148f61f0ab379b2631ceeb4da4882-1536x1025.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ddf148f61f0ab379b2631ceeb4da4882.webp 1859w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Bakhtiari nomads, wearing traditional dress, chant slogans as one of them holds a gun during a pro-government gathering on Monday, May 18, 2026, near the residence where former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo\/Vahid Salemi)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A member of the Revolutionary Guard's Basij force demonstrates how to handle a Kalashnikov-style assault rifle.\" class=\"wp-image-8139\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/359a33b0e7c8c6bd6cfe4aec1e61e974-1024x683.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/359a33b0e7c8c6bd6cfe4aec1e61e974-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/359a33b0e7c8c6bd6cfe4aec1e61e974-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/359a33b0e7c8c6bd6cfe4aec1e61e974-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/359a33b0e7c8c6bd6cfe4aec1e61e974-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/359a33b0e7c8c6bd6cfe4aec1e61e974.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>A member of the Revolutionary Guard\u2019s volunteer Basij force demonstrates how to handle a Kalashnikov-style assault rifle during a weapons training class in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo\/Vahid Salemi)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A member of the Revolutionary Guard\u2019s volunteer Basij force demonstrates...\" class=\"wp-image-8140\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/66a88f03a19223eacc154232330170ec-1024x683.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/66a88f03a19223eacc154232330170ec-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/66a88f03a19223eacc154232330170ec-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/66a88f03a19223eacc154232330170ec-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/66a88f03a19223eacc154232330170ec-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/66a88f03a19223eacc154232330170ec.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>A member of the Revolutionary Guard\u2019s volunteer Basij force demonstrates how to handle a Kalashnikov-style assault rifle during a weapons training class in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo\/Vahid Salemi)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><\/div><\/div><\/ul><div><div>A boy handles a Kalashnikov-style assault rifle during a weapons training class led by members of the Revolutionary Guard\u2019s volunteer Basij force in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo\/Vahid Salemi)\n<\/div><span>Expand<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<h4>Iran has repeatedly sought to project strength during the war<\/h4>\n<p>For months, state television and government-sponsored text messages have bombarded the public with calls to join the \u201cJanfada,\u201d or the \u201cones who sacrifice their lives.\u201d At one point, hard-liners encouraged families with boys as young as 12 to send them to the Revolutionary Guard to work checkpoints \u2014 which Amnesty International denounced as a war crime.<\/p>\n<p>Government officials say more than 30 million people in Iran \u2014 home to a population of some 90 million \u2014 have volunteered via an online form or at public gatherings to lay down their lives for Iran\u2019s theocracy. There is no way to confirm that figure and there\u2019s been no sign of a mass mobilization yet, like the one that Ukraine underwent in the days before Russia\u2019s full-scale 2022 invasion, in which officials handed out rifles and people banded together to make gasoline bombs.<\/p> <div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But there have been several public announcements and presenters have appeared armed during live programs on state TV, as part of efforts to feed the fervor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooking back at the moment I registered my name, I realize I wasn\u2019t truly contemplating the dangers of fighting on the front lines. In that moment, like everyone else, my thoughts were solely on Iran,\u201d wrote journalist Soheila Zarfam in a column for the state-owned Tehran Times newspaper. \u201cMy life might end, but Iran would endure, and that was all that truly mattered.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8133\">The GOP\u2019s YOLO caucus is small but growing. That may spell trouble for Trump\u2019s congressional agenda<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi has criticized the public weapons demonstrations, particularly footage of young boys handling assault rifles, saying: \u201cScenes like these are reminiscent of child hostage-taking and arming by groups such as Boko Haram in Nigeria, and militias in Sudan and Congo.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Weapons training, once unusual, becomes a norm<\/h4>\n<p>A recent government-organized demonstration by nomads in Iran saw them carrying everything from bolt-action Lee\u2013Enfield rifles of the British Empire to a blunderbuss, a predecessor of the shotgun more familiar to the age of pirates on the high seas.<\/p> <div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But during weeks of an unsteady ceasefire, most of the weapon demonstrations appear focused on Tehran, not the rural areas where there is a tradition of keeping rifles and shotguns at home.<\/p>\n<p>At a demonstration Tuesday night in Tehran, male and female participants divided into separate classes. Hadi Khoosheh, a member of the Revolutionary Guard\u2019s all-volunteer Basij force and trainer, demonstrated how to handle a folding-stock Kalashnikov-style assault rifle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the training those who completed the course will receive a card titled \u2018Janfada,\u2019 proving they have received basic and preliminary training for this type of gun and they are able to use it if, God forbid, something happens to our country,\u201d Khoosheh said.<\/p>\n<p>However, the weapons training was rudimentary at best for the young boys and older men gathered. One struggled to insert the rifle\u2019s magazine and inadvertently pointed the barrel of the unloaded weapon at others \u2014 a major safety breach that people are taught to avoid in basic firearms training.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefinitely we will stand against (the Americans) and won\u2019t give up even an inch of our soil,\u201d said Mofidi, the man at the training. \u201cNo matter if they come from the sea or land, we will stand by our flag.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Associated Press writers Nasser Karimi and Mehdi Fattahi in Tehran, Iran, contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8126\">Kansas farmers hit hard by weather extremes and growing costs, wheat crop could be worst since 1972<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weapons are now regularly brandished in Tehran in an increasing show of defiance. 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