Suicide bombers rally in Teheran...

The organisation for “Commemorating Martyrs of the Global Islamic Movement” organized a rally in Teheran last Tuesday. Over 200 young men and women were presented as volunteers to carry out terror attacks against US and Israeli targets.

Many of the “volunteers” belonged to the Basij militia, a paramilitary group close to the “supreme leader” Ali Khamenei. The movement’s spokesperson said that the volunteers were preparing for attacks against Israel, Salman Rushdie and against the US in Iraq. During the rally the volunteers also were given metal name plates, for identification after they’ve carried out attacks. But they refused to identify themselves to the reporters.

The Iranian government has previously distanced it self from the organization, but yet some of Khatami’s advisors attended the groups last rally. And some of the hardliners in the regime and some members of the elite revolutionary guards have expressed their support for the organization.