Iranian authorities organized mass weddings for couples volunteering for a state scheme, declaring readiness for wartime sacrifice against the US and Israel. The ceremonies, broadcast on state TV, aimed to boost morale.

Iranian authorities held mass public weddings in Tehran for couples who signed up to a state-sponsored scheme declaring their readiness to sacrifice their lives in the war against the US and Israel. The ceremonies conducted late on Monday involved hundreds of couples in several major squares in the capital, including more than 100 in the vast Imam Hossein Square in central Tehran, according to reports in Iranian media. They were broadcast on state TV in a bid to boost wartime morale, with US...