
Iran's Revolutionary Guard and Basij militia are expanding the Janfada campaign, offering weapons training to civilians, including children, in main squares across provinces as fears grow that fighting with the United States and Israel could resume. The government claims 33 million sign-ups, but leaked website code suggested fewer than four million. The drive shows a state preparing its population for renewed regional war after nearly eight months of conflict, a development that bears on the escalation around Israel without itself being the final gathering of nations described in Revelation 16:16.