More than 100 Iranians volunteer as 'suicide bombers'

Under a banner showing coffins draped with US, British and Israeli flags, more than 100 Iranian men and women today pledged to become suicide bombers to defend their country and Islam.

The event, held in a burial area reserved for war dead and other “martyrs”, was similar to others in recent years with Islamic chants and songs and volunteers donning white coverings to symbolise their willingness to die.