Iranian press review: State TV airs weapons training

TV hosts fire weapons on live broadcasts

Iranian state television has begun broadcasting weapons training programmes, including lessons on how to use rifles and machine guns, marking a shift in the type of content aired by the country’s public broadcaster.

The programmes show how to assemble and disassemble Kalashnikov rifles and PK machine guns.

Arrests and executions surge

US-based Iranian rights activists news agency HRANA said the human rights situation in Iran has worsened since the start of the US-Israeli war, with more than 4,000 people arrested on security-related charges.

According to a report by HRANA, at least 4,023 people were arrested in Iran between 28 February and 8 April on charges including espionage, threatening national security, spreading war-related information, and cooperating with hostile countries.

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