‘Trojan horse’ armies assembling throughout the Middle East to reply calls to assist Iran
Thousands of terrifying ‘trojan horse’ fighters belonging to dangerous paramilitary groups are crossing the border into Iran in order to help prop up the struggling regime
Locals fear the groups could be there to carry out massacres(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Terrifying militia armies and paramilitary groups are flooding into Iran in order to help the country’s Islamic republic maintain control, it is claimed.
Thousands of ‘Trojan horse’ fighters from across the Middle East are apparently entering the country under the guise of providing ‘humanitarian aid’. But it alleged they are instead being used to crack down on protestors and maintain the current regime’s vice-like grip over its people, according to reports.
Those entering the country are described as belonging to Shia paramilitary groups, the same branch of Islam as the Iranian leadership, based in neighbouring Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Reports coming out of Iran suggest many of these dangerous militias are being used to man checkpoints, and in some instances have been seen alongside child soldiers as young as twelve.
Speaking to Iran National, one resident of the Iranian city of Abadan, which lies on the border between Iran and Iraq and saw mass casualties during a bloody war between the two countries in the 1980s, warned that people those crossing the border were like the “trojan horse”, and had deeply sinister intentions.
They said: “These forces have come to kill people. We have not forgotten the January killings, when the government used them to help kill people.”
Another told the outlet: “With the entry of these forces into Abadan, the city has become unsafe and terrifying, and citizens are worried about their children.”
The fact that many of these militia groups are the same that fought in the Iraq-Iran war in the 80s, and conflict that saw hundreds of thousands killed on both sides, has brought further worry to those living in border cities.
One group, known as the Popular Mobilisation Force, has caused particular discomfort.
Locals called on US and Israeli forces to treat the group as they have been the Iranian army itself, with one adding: “The military presence of these forces, with their flags and uniforms, made the city frightening.
“The Popular Mobilization Forces convoys entered Iran in armoured vehicles; why aren’t Israel and America targeting them?”
The presence of Iraqi men in Iran has already been a cause of concern.
Following a series of massacres in the country in response to a wave of anti-government protests in January, reports emerged of Iraqi men entering Iran claiming to be “students” ,according to the Australian.
Eyewitness accounts indicated that some who carried out the massacre were speaking in Arabic, which is spoken in Iraq, as opposed to Farsi which is spoken in Iran, suggesting that they may have been those who came over the border.
