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Iranian Textbooks Feature Missile Imagery and Anti-US, Anti-Israel Themes for Schoolchildren
Iran distributed school textbooks last year that include lessons on calculating missile travel times to Israeli cities and images targeting President Trump. The materials, obtained by an Israeli nonprofit, refer to the United States as the 'Great Satan' and claim victory in the 12-Day War. IMPACT-se highlighted the promotion of violence and antisemitism in the content.
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Iran released textbooks titled 'We Defend Our Iran' sometime last year, following the 12-Day War, according to a New York Post report. The books, distributed to elementary, middle, and high school students across the country, feature images of intercontinental ballistic missiles launching from a student's backpack.
They also include graphic depictions such as rockets aimed at a Star of David, a giant Iranian army boot crushing Israeli cities, and President Trump with missile-shaped marks on his cheek.
The textbooks were obtained in PDF format from the official Iranian education ministry website by the Israeli nonprofit Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se). The materials repeatedly refer to the United States as the 'Great Satan,' according to IMPACT-se.
One lesson for elementary school students requires calculating the time for Iranian missiles to reach Israeli cities.
The lesson states: 'The names of several powerful Iranian missiles are written below: Research the meaning of their names. Write the name of each missile along with its meaning on the classroom board. Write the speed of each of them in kilometers. Based on the map in Lesson 5, can you calculate how long it takes for each of these missiles to reach Israel?'
The textbooks claim the ceasefire that ended last year’s 12-Day War proved Iran was the victorious power in the conflict. The 12-Day War involved Israel launching a 12-day-long aerial campaign against the Islamic Republic. During the conflict, the United States bombed Iran's nuclear enrichment facilities in Operation Midnight Hammer.
