On page 99 Persepolis talks about how the young boys in Iran were each given a plastic "key to paradise". The reason the boys were given these keys was to symbolize there entrance to heaven by dying in Jihad. The war with Iraq had turned to trench warfare with each side shooting across an open mine field. To get through the mines Iran sent thousands of young boys across the minefield to clear out the mines. It is said not a single child made it across to the other side alive.
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