Iran is facing fresh scrutiny over its conduct in the Iran-US war after Amnesty International alleged on Thursday that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has begun recruiting children as young as 12 in Tehran to plug gaps in its forces.
The rights group's warning follows weeks of intense US and Israeli strikes on what they describe as thousands of IRGC-linked sites inside Iran, including Basij facilities, drones targeting patrols and checkpoints, and a wider escalation that has pushed the long-simmering Iran-US confrontation into far more dangerous territory. Against that backdrop, Amnesty says, Iranian commanders are now turning to adolescents to reinforce overstretched units at home.
