According to CNN, hundreds of women in Tehran held their babies aloft in a symbolic display, expressing their willingness to offer them as martyrs for the Islamic Republic of Iran.

CNN correspondent Frederik Pleitgen, who was on the scene, reported:

“Martyrdom is an extremely significant concept here in the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
“We’re at an event where hundreds of women are lifting their babies into the air as a sign of their readiness to sacrifice their children as martyrs…”