Iran has begun a public recruitment campaign for Hezbollah, with posters appearing on Tehran streets offering volunteers a monthly salary of about $1,000 — roughly eight times an Iranian soldier's pay. The move, reported by Israeli sources, underscores the severe attrition Hezbollah has suffered during the war with Israel, which has killed thousands of its operatives and eroded its ability to recruit locally in Lebanon.
Iran has launched an unusual public recruitment campaign for Hezbollah, with posters appearing on the streets of Tehran offering a monthly salary of approximately $1,000 to volunteers — roughly eight times the pay of an Iranian soldier. The campaign highlights the severe erosion of Hezbollah's manpower following its war with Israel, which has killed thousands of its operatives and decimated its command structure.
As The Zioneer previously reported, Hezbollah recruitment ads first appeared in Tehran on June 20, offering the same salary. Since then, the Iranian regime has expanded the effort, including targeting Iran's poorer provinces with recruitment calls. The latest report notes that Hezbollah has historically relied on recruitment within Lebanon's Shia community, making the public drive in Iran a notable departure.
The development comes amid ongoing Israeli military operations in southern Lebanon, which the IDF reports have killed over 30 Israeli soldiers and more than 1,300 wounded since March 2. Israeli forces are reportedly 3 kilometers from a key strategic objective, and military sources say Hezbollah is dispatching inexperienced fighters as its ranks thin. The scale of Iran's direct involvement in supplying manpower to the Lebanese militia remains unclear, but the public recruitment drive represents an escalation in Tehran's role.
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