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#13224325

21 January 2026

A 14-year-old boy wearing the Basij paramilitary force’s military uniform asks young boys to take part in a military performance near the Iranian border at Shalamcheh with Iraq, 918 km (570 miles) south of Tehran, Iran, on March 24, 2014. Children aged seven to fourteen, in an area near the Shalamcheh border in southern Iran with Iraq, reenact the military operation for the liberation of Khorramshahr, which the Iraqi army occupied at the outset of the Iraq–Iran war in 1980. A group of Basij military personnel under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) plans and carries out the performance.

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#13224326

21 January 2026

A member of Iran's Basij paramilitary force adjusts a plastic anti-personnel mine before the beginning of a military performance near the Iranian border at Shalamcheh with Iraq, 918 km (570 miles) south of Tehran, Iran, on March 24, 2014. Children aged seven to fourteen in an area near the Shalamcheh border in southern Iran with Iraq reenact the military operation for the liberation of Khorramshahr, which the Iraqi army occupied at the outset of the Iraq–Iran war in 1980. A group of Basij military personnel under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) plans and carries out the performance.

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#13224327

21 January 2026

A uniformed Iranian member of the Basij paramilitary force carries a plastic AK-47 rifle while a group of children aged seven to fourteen prepares to take part in a military performance near the Iranian border at Shalamcheh with Iraq, 918 km (570 miles) south of Tehran, Iran, on March 24, 2014. Children aged seven to fourteen in an area near the Shalamcheh border in southern Iran with Iraq reenact the military operation for the liberation of Khorramshahr, which the Iraqi army occupied at the outset of the Iraq–Iran war in 1980. A group of Basij military personnel under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) plans and carries out the performance.

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#13224328

21 January 2026

A uniformed Iranian member of the Basij paramilitary force carries a plastic AK-47 rifle while a group of children aged seven to fourteen prepares to take part in a military performance near the Iranian border at Shalamcheh with Iraq, 918 km (570 miles) south of Tehran, Iran, on March 24, 2014. Children aged seven to fourteen in an area near the Shalamcheh border in southern Iran with Iraq reenact the military operation for the liberation of Khorramshahr, which the Iraqi army occupied at the outset of the Iraq–Iran war in 1980. A group of Basij military personnel under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) plans and carries out the performance.

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#13224329

21 January 2026

A uniformed Iranian member of the Basij paramilitary force carries a plastic AK-47 rifle while a group of children aged seven to fourteen prepares to take part in a military performance near the Iranian border at Shalamcheh with Iraq, 918 km (570 miles) south of Tehran, Iran, on March 24, 2014. Children aged seven to fourteen in an area near the Shalamcheh border in southern Iran with Iraq reenact the military operation for the liberation of Khorramshahr, which the Iraqi army occupied at the outset of the Iraq–Iran war in 1980. A group of Basij military personnel under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) plans and carries out the performance.

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#13224330

21 January 2026

A uniformed Iranian member of the Basij paramilitary force carries a plastic AK-47 rifle while a group of children aged seven to fourteen prepares to take part in a military performance near the Iranian border at Shalamcheh with Iraq, 918 km (570 miles) south of Tehran, Iran, on March 24, 2014. Children aged seven to fourteen in an area near the Shalamcheh border in southern Iran with Iraq reenact the military operation for the liberation of Khorramshahr, which the Iraqi army occupied at the outset of the Iraq–Iran war in 1980. A group of Basij military personnel under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) plans and carries out the performance.

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#13224331

21 January 2026

An Iranian cleric wearing a military uniform places a headband on an 8-year-old boy before the beginning of a military performance near the Iranian border at Shalamcheh with Iraq, 918 km (570 miles) south of Tehran, Iran, on March 24, 2014. Children aged seven to fourteen, in an area near the Shalamcheh border in southern Iran with Iraq, reenact the military operation for the liberation of Khorramshahr, which the Iraqi army occupied at the outset of the Iraq–Iran war in 1980. A group of Basij military personnel under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) plans and carries out the performance.

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#13224332

21 January 2026

An Iranian cleric wearing a military uniform places a headband on an 8-year-old boy before the beginning of a military performance near the Iranian border at Shalamcheh with Iraq, 918 km (570 miles) south of Tehran, Iran, on March 24, 2014. Children aged seven to fourteen, in an area near the Shalamcheh border in southern Iran with Iraq, reenact the military operation for the liberation of Khorramshahr, which the Iraqi army occupied at the outset of the Iraq–Iran war in 1980. A group of Basij military personnel under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) plans and carries out the performance.

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#13224333

21 January 2026

An Iranian cleric wearing a military uniform places a headband on an 8-year-old boy before the beginning of a military performance near the Iranian border at Shalamcheh with Iraq, 918 km (570 miles) south of Tehran, Iran, on March 24, 2014. Children aged seven to fourteen, in an area near the Shalamcheh border in southern Iran with Iraq, reenact the military operation for the liberation of Khorramshahr, which the Iraqi army occupied at the outset of the Iraq–Iran war in 1980. A group of Basij military personnel under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) plans and carries out the performance.

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#13224334

21 January 2026

A uniformed Iranian member of the Basij paramilitary force carries a plastic AK-47 rifle while a group of children aged seven to fourteen prepares to take part in a military performance near the Iranian border at Shalamcheh with Iraq, 918 km (570 miles) south of Tehran, Iran, on March 24, 2014. Children aged seven to fourteen in an area near the Shalamcheh border in southern Iran with Iraq reenact the military operation for the liberation of Khorramshahr, which the Iraqi army occupied at the outset of the Iraq–Iran war in 1980. A group of Basij military personnel under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) plans and carries out the performance.

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#13224337

21 January 2026

A group of children aged seven to fourteen receives plastic AK-47 rifles while preparing to take part in a military performance near the Iranian border at Shalamcheh with Iraq, 918 km (570 miles) south of Tehran, Iran, on March 24, 2014. Children aged seven to fourteen, in an area near the Shalamcheh border in southern Iran with Iraq, reenact the military operation for the liberation of Khorramshahr, which the Iraqi army occupied at the outset of the Iraq–Iran war in 1980. A group of Basij military personnel under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) plans and carries out the performance.

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#13224338

21 January 2026

A group of children aged seven to fourteen receives plastic AK-47 rifles while preparing to take part in a military performance near the Iranian border at Shalamcheh with Iraq, 918 km (570 miles) south of Tehran, Iran, on March 24, 2014. Children aged seven to fourteen, in an area near the Shalamcheh border in southern Iran with Iraq, reenact the military operation for the liberation of Khorramshahr, which the Iraqi army occupied at the outset of the Iraq–Iran war in 1980. A group of Basij military personnel under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) plans and carries out the performance.

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#13224339

21 January 2026

A group of children aged seven to fourteen receives plastic AK-47 rifles while preparing to take part in a military performance near the Iranian border at Shalamcheh with Iraq, 918 km (570 miles) south of Tehran, Iran, on March 24, 2014. Children aged seven to fourteen, in an area near the Shalamcheh border in southern Iran with Iraq, reenact the military operation for the liberation of Khorramshahr, which the Iraqi army occupied at the outset of the Iraq–Iran war in 1980. A group of Basij military personnel under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) plans and carries out the performance.

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#13224340

21 January 2026

A group of children aged seven to fourteen receives plastic AK-47 rifles while preparing to take part in a military performance near the Iranian border at Shalamcheh with Iraq, 918 km (570 miles) south of Tehran, Iran, on March 24, 2014. Children aged seven to fourteen, in an area near the Shalamcheh border in southern Iran with Iraq, reenact the military operation for the liberation of Khorramshahr, which the Iraqi army occupied at the outset of the Iraq–Iran war in 1980. A group of Basij military personnel under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) plans and carries out the performance.

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#13224355

21 January 2026

A 14-year-old boy smiles while carrying a plastic AK-47 rifle as he takes part in a military performance near the Iranian border at Shalamcheh with Iraq, 918 km (570 miles) south of Tehran, Iran, on March 24, 2014. Children aged seven to fourteen, in an area near the Shalamcheh border in southern Iran with Iraq, reenact the military operation for the liberation of Khorramshahr, which the Iraqi army occupied at the outset of the Iraq–Iran war in 1980. A group of Basij military personnel under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) plans and carries out the performance.

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#13223977

21 January 2026

An Indian security personnel stands guard during a random search operation at a market ahead of India's 77th Republic Day celebrations in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on January 21, 2026. Security is tightened in Indian Kashmir along the Line of Control (LoC) between Pakistan and India, ahead of India's 77th Republic Day celebrations, scheduled for January 26, 2026, marking the adoption of the Constitution of India in 1950.

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