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Iran's Revolutionary Guards are expanding a campaign built around sacrifice for the homeland into a route for military training and Basij paramilitary recruitment, Iran International reported on November 15, 2026. According to Iran International, the Janfada campaign now gives the Basij, a paramilitary force associated with decades of domestic repression, a broader patriotic appeal. The report describes the campaign as a way to bring people into military training. It gave no recruitment numbers, timelines or official statements, and the account rests on the outlet's own reporting.