Iran has inaugurated a new military training center exclusively for women in Tehran's Azadi Square. Its opening was accompanied by demonstrations of firearms use, self-defense exercises, skydiving and obstacle courses, at a time when tensions between Tehran and the United States remain high.
Footage posted on social media shows women training with weapons, following instructions from instructors, and performing physical and tactical exercises. Some of them show participants walking high on tightropes as part of combat training simulations.
The program is linked to the Basij paramilitary organization, part of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, and is being developed as part of the "Jan Fada" campaign. This initiative aims to prepare citizens to defend the country in the event of a foreign military intervention.
The new center is the fourth of its kind in the Iranian capital, but the first dedicated exclusively to women. Other training facilities had been operating since November 2.
According to reports, the program is not limited to the use of weapons and self-defense techniques, but also includes familiarization with drones and other military systems.
Through this campaign, Iranian authorities aim to increase the population's preparedness for possible military scenarios, including the possibility of a US ground operation on Iranian territory. Meanwhile, the inclusion of women in these training structures marks another development in Tehran's preparations in the face of security tensions in the region.
