By: Reza Shafa
All year round, in 2006, the Quds Force was busy training the female recruits of its subordinate, the Badr Brigade, The armed wing of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, NCRI has learnt.
The main prerequisite for signing up is being of Iranian descent which means the woman recruit, in this case, must have been born in a Shiite family with a Shiites father or grandfather. What good is it for the Quds Force to consider Shiitism as precondition for these newcomers? It is the blind obedience the force would want from these women in any possible future missions. The trainers in Quds Force brainwash the women recruits by preaching that Iran and Iraq are one nation.
Since 2006, there have been training courses for women in the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. The recruits are in their late thirties. Dar al-Batool School of Theology in the holy city of Kazemain is the center setup by the Quds Force to act as recruiting ground in Iraq. The school is run by women who had been well trained in Iran. The school is run under supervision of a Badr Organization Commander, Abu Hossein Al Ameri. He is well financed by the Quds Force which in turn pays for the women school in Kazemain.
The main task of Dar al-Batool School is to find new recruits among women in Iraq. The new recruits will then be dispatched to complete their trainings in Iran. The Quds Force carefully oversees the operation since it has to be carried out in total secrecy. The new recruits complete their trainings in the holy city of Qom, northeastern city of Mashhad, western city of Kermanshah, and in Tehran.
Once they return to Iraq, according to reports, the women will be referred to various Iraqi government offices for work. They will act as sleeping cells until the time comes for each of them to be waken up by the Quds Force.
Reza Shafa is an expert on the Iranian regime’s intelligence networks, both in Iran and abroad. He has done extensive research on VAVAK (MOIS), IRGC’s Intelligence Office, and Quds Force among others. Currently he is a contributor to NCRI website.
