Iranian Theme Park Teaches Children War Tactics

Iran opened a military theme park this week, designed to educate children as young as eight-years-old on how to fight in a war and fire weapons at its perceived Western enemies. Located in a western suburb of the city of Mashad, the “Park of the Revolution’s Children” marks “Sacred Defense Week," an annual commemoration of the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980’s, according to a park brochure. “The participant children are trained in shooting virtual fixed and moving targets including...

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