FLASHBACK: Iran’s “Keys to Heaven.”
One of the most haunting stories from the Iran–Iraq War is that the Iranian regime mass produced little plastic keys that were hung around the necks of young children who were then sent out to clear minefields, after being told that if they died the key would open the gates of… https://t.co/Rq9riRrE6P
— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) March 5, 2026
It was literally Khamenei doing it. https://t.co/pxyvf3UbMk pic.twitter.com/PY1PSBK3E6
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) March 5, 2026