India, April 3 -- The ongoing US-Iran conflict has taken an ugly turn, with Amnesty International releasing a report, on Thursday, alleging that Iran is recruiting children as young as 12 into the military to strengthen its forces.

In its report published on April 2, Amnesty International stated that Rahim Nadali, a deputy in the IRGC's Mohammad Rasoul Allah Corps of Greater Tehran, announced a recruitment campaign titled 'Homeland-Defending Combatants for Iran'. The campaign reportedly aims at to volunteers aged 12 and above in Iranian miliart as Basijs.

Iranian news outlet Defapress quoted Nadali as saying that those interested can register at Basij bases in mosques across Tehran by filling out the required form to join the 'homeland-...