Iran's school for jihad

Nir Boms:

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Iranian students receive a steady curriculum of hatred for the West that prepares them to sacrifice their lives in a global war that must end either by a global Islamic victory or by a collective martyrdom. This is one of the key findings in a study of 115 Iranian textbooks and teacher's guides that was recently completed at the Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace.
The textbooks paint an alarming picture of a regime that divides the world between "good" and "evil" forces that are destined to clash until a victory is reached. Since the evil and arrogant West seeks to destroy Iran, a war is inevitable. Iranians are hence tasked with a religious mission of fighting "evil" until the latter's final eradication, or, until the "good" camp is wiped out.
In Ayatollah Khomeini's words, reproduced in an eleventh-grade textbook: "Either we shake one another's hand in joy at the victory of Islam in the world, or all of us will turn to eternal life and martyrdom. In both cases, victory and success are ours." The "evil" camp, a.k.a, "the Oppressors" and "the Arrogant Ones," embraces the entire West under the leadership of the United States -- "the Great Satan" -- along with any of its allies. "Now, in order to continue the Islamic Revolution," reads a passage in a seventh-grade textbook, "it is our duty to continue with all [our] power our revolt against the Arrogant Ones and the Oppressors, and not cease until all Islam's commandments and the spread of the redeeming message of 'there is no God except Allah' are realized in the whole world." This type of war is called "Initiative Jihad" and is explained in another textbook for grade 8.
And that war has already begun. The West allegedly uses culture as a weapon for world domination. Westernization is given the epithet "Westoxication" and is regarded as the very negation of Muslim identity and a professed enemy of the Islamic Revolution. Students are to keep away from these influences. And they should also be ready for the next stage of the struggle.
Verses from the Koran and statements made by leaders of the 1979 Islamic Revolution are used while teaching military drills and the usage of weapons and explosives in a course titled "defense readiness," which is regularly taught starting at grade 8. Textbooks for this course include warnings against imminent attacks by the enemies, which assist in creating a siege mentality among the students.
The books also indoctrinate students to prepare for war by encouraging martyrdom....
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Delusions of martyrdom are not restricted to Iranian Muslims. They have been a driving force in the war against us. While the Iranians have had some success with this education program, it also appears to be rejected by many students who oppose the government and who suffer from a suppression of their point of view. Those who reject this propaganda are Iran's best hope.