Tehran Today: Daily Life Continues as Iran-U.S. Tensions Escalate in October 2026

Women Participate in Military Training in Downtown Tehran

Another striking development documented in the October 12 photographs is the participation of female members of Iran’s so-called self-sacrificing forces in military training activities at a city-square training camp in downtown Tehran.

The photographs show women taking part in exercises involving equipment and instruction. In one image, an unidentified woman demonstrates the use of binoculars to a female participant. Other photographs show women seated behind a simulator associated with the Iranian-made Misagh-2 man-portable infrared-guided surface-to-air missile system.

The training scenes bring military preparedness into a public urban setting. Unlike conventional photographs of soldiers operating at remote bases or military ranges, the images show activities taking place in a city square.

The photographs raise questions about the organization of the training, the role of civilian or volunteer participants in preparedness initiatives, and the message conveyed by conducting such activities in a visible public location.

However, the images do not establish the participants’ precise organizational affiliations, the duration of the training program, the number of people involved, or whether the activities form part of a wider nationwide initiative.

October 13, 2026 | 6:09 pm