Iran on Monday held a mass wedding for hundreds of couples as part of a propaganda effort to convey support for its conflict against the United States. In Tehran, over 100 couples gathered for ceremonies in Imam Hossein Square, while others participated in mass weddings across several major squares in the capital, according to various outlets and footage posted on social media. Crowds were broadcast on state TV parading in military vehicles and holding Iranian flags alongside portraits of Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and his late father, former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, as depicted in photos from the Associated Press. The weddings were part of a state-sponsored “Janfada” or “Sacrifice for Iran” event. In footage from Reuters, couples partaking in the “self-sacrifice” scheme pledged their allegiance to the Iranian government and vowed to lay down their lives in the conflict between their country and the U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday he would give Iran negotiators “two or three” more days to agree to a peace deal with the U.S. that makes critical concessions on the country’s nuclear program, before he unleashes widespread attacks on Iran.
“When I registered for Janfada, I discussed it with my wife and told her, I do not want you without this country,” one man at the ceremony said. “This land must exist for me to want you, and if the time ever comes, I will go with all my heart and defend my country.”
