[54540] Iran's Revolutionary Guards present: Military weddings in the streets of Tehran

A military wedding parade in Tehran initiated by the Revolutionary Guards

In an unusual event aimed at demonstrating ideological loyalty, Rahim Nadali, deputy head of the cultural department of the Revolutionary Guards in Tehran, announced that in the ceremony known as the "Celestial Bond" of couples affiliated with the regime, military off-road vehicles will be used.

According to Vahid Online, the opposition media outlet reporting on events in Iran, Nadali stated that the military jeeps would be decorated with flowers, flags of the Islamic Republic, and portraits of the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The stated goal, as noted in the report by Vahid Online, is "to give the urban space an artistic and military character."

In another report by Iran International, known as a news network highly critical of the Tehran regime, Nadali’s words were cited, according to which these are couples who define themselves as "sacrificial" (Jan-Fada). According to him, these are couples who are "willing to sacrifice their lives under the flag of the Islamic Republic" and that the use of military vehicles is intended to prove that they "are not afraid of anything."

The initiative is stirring reactions among opposition elements who interpret the move as a clear propaganda step by the Revolutionary Guards, intended to create a prominent military presence in the civilian sphere under the guise of family ceremonies.