According to reports, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps has been recruiting thousands of Afghan refugees to fight against the rebel forces in Syria.
The Afghan refugees are also granted Iranian residency, $500 a month, school registration for their children and charity card to help the Assad regime, according to Afghan and Western officials.
An Afghan religious leader Ayatullah Mohaghegh Kabul has confirmed that the Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran convince the Afghan youth to fight in Syria.
“They give them everything from salary to residency,” Ayatullah Kabul quoted in a report by Wall Street Journal said.
Iran has played a key role by funding, training, arming and sending foot soldiers in a bid to keep President Bashar al-Assad in power since the conflict began in Syria three years ago.
Several Afghan refugees have reportedly been killed in Syria conflict with reports of funeral for the Afghan recruits emerging in November last year.
A video also circulated in internet earlier last year which showed the dead bodies of several foreign fighters in Syria including Afghan nationals.
Syria armed opposition forces claimed in the video that the dead bodies belong to Iran however an Afghan identity card could also be seen with one of the victim.
The deceased individual was recognized as Safar Mohammad son of Khan Ali and was the resident of northern Balkh province of Afghanistan.
This is pretty appalling even for Iran, but it’s ample proof of the
depths the Iranian regime is willing to sink to in its quest to spread
its control throughout the region. I can’t believe the Revolutionary
Guard would stoop to taking advantage of the poorest in offering a scant
bounty in order to save Guard lives propping up a regime in Assad that
uses chemical weapons on its own people, including women and children.
And this is the “moderation” promised by Hassan Rouhani? It’s just
another nail in the coffin of that lie and exposes the regime’s true
nature. Iran’s religious leadership are cold-blooded, calculating and
ruthless. Entering into any nuclear deal with Iran and loosening
sanctions while conduct like this is going on is insane.
Unfortunately any country with the financial means recruits soldiers to fight its war. Here in the U.S. we gave Green Cards to any Hispanic (illegal aliens included) who joined the army and fought in Afghanistan and Iraq!
Let’s see now. The US offers CITIZENSHIP and Iran offers 500 bucks. Yeah, TOTALLY good comparison.