Iran opens a new civilian training centre teaching firearms and defense skills amid fears of renewed US and Israeli attacks.
Iranian women take part in military training as tensions with US, Israel persist
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- Iranian women trained with firearms at a military training centre in Tehran's Imam Hussein Square on Sunday (October 4), as tensions with the United States and Israel persisted.
- Iran opened a new centre at Haft-e Tir Square on Saturday (October 3) to prepare civilians to confront US and Israeli forces if they launched a ground attack.
- Footage from the training centre showed women listening to military officials and instructors, then practising with firearms, including handguns.
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