Iran: Recruitment of child soldiers as young as 12 amounts to a war crime

Iranian authorities are trampling upon children’s rights and committing a grave violation of international humanitarian law amounting to a war crime by recruiting and mobilizing children as young as 12 into a military campaign led by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Amnesty International said today. On 26 March 2026, a deputy of the IRGC Mohammad Rasoul Allah Corps of Greater Tehran, Rahim Nadali, announced that a recruitment […] The post Iran: Recruitment of child soldiers as young as 12 amounts to a war crime appeared first on Amnesty International .