How henchmen brainwashed in ‘violent and extremist’ training camps oversee prison rapes and mass executions to maintain Iranian regime’s stranglehold
In countless camps deep in rural Iran, gruff military men bark orders at trembling young cadets.
Boys as young as 13 are put through their paces by uncompromising tutors, who brainwash their pupils into hating all of Iran’s enemies, planting a seed that grows into a fanatical and insular view of the world.
This is the beginning of the journey for the hardened rank and file of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a nursery where teens learn the ropes and become part of a 125,000-strong death cult.
