Right again, McGrath - "But I'd have thought that from 1980 to 1988, the main focus would have been on encouraging boys to get ready to fight in the Iran Iraq war, and to see death in that as being "martyrdom", and, as such, a fate to be welcomed."

Just the same, who were the recruiters? Are you saying that they were army personnel? From what I have heard (personal accounts) the Iranian army and terrorist groups in Iran had the same fertile recruiting grounds.