Comment IRAN to get the link to this documentary in your direct messages. During the Iran–Iraq war (1980–1988), the Islamic Republic of Iran, with the support of the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khomeini (the founder of the Islamic Republic), and the support of regime institutions, including state media, sent over 100,000 young boys to the battlefields. These children were used in front-line roles, including mine-clearing operations and human-wave assaults. Tens of thousands of children were killed