{
  "id": 5678578,
  "title": "Iran's Baghaei to Americans: 'Don't let anyone turn your children into mercenaries'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/irans-baghaei-to-americans-dont-let-anyone-turn-your-children-into",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-05T00:28:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/irans-baghaei-americans-dont-let-anyone-turn-your-children-mercenaries"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, tweeted to Americans a stark warning: \"Don't let anyone turn your children into mercenaries.\" He urged them to ask why their sons and daughters should be offered debt forgiveness in return for fighting in a war that Israel desires to continue and expand. Baghaei cited a Jerusalem Post article that advocated for using student-loan and credit-card debt to recruit Americans for the conflict with Iran. He emphasized that their lives, their taxes, and the war itself are being used as a tool for an agenda that the American people did not choose. Baghaei pleaded, \"Do not let anyone turn you into the cannon fodder - and the bill - for a war you never chose.\"",
  "summary": "Iran's Baghaei to Americans: 'Don't let anyone turn your children into mercenaries' Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, has told Americans to ask themselves: “Why should your sons and daughters be offered debt forgiveness in exchange for fighting and dying in a war Israel wants continued & expanded?” In a post on X, Baghaei cited a Jerusalem Post article he said calls for…",
  "key_points": [
    "Iran's spokesperson warns Americans against using children as mercenaries",
    "Urges questioning of debt forgiveness for fighting in Israel's war",
    "Cites Jerusalem Post article advocating loan and credit-card debt recruitment"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}