Volunteers in Iran patrol coast in anticipation of US naval landing

Published July 26th, 2026 - 06:51 GMT
A beach in Iran
An Iranian man rides his motorcycle past a boat at Suru Beach in Bandar Abbas along the Strait of Hormuz. April 24, 2026 (Photo by RAZIEH POUDAT / ISNA / AFP)

ALBAWABA - Patriotic volunteers who didn’t make the cut for the IRGC are out on Iran’s beaches patrolling the coast with their sandals and 50-year-old AKs.

Tensions between Iran and the U.S. have been hitting the region in waves, this last wave, however, seems to be the highest since the war began with the Trump administration threatening a “massive attack bigger than ever before.”

Not allowing themselves to sit idly while Trump threatens their country; the local armed volunteers of Jask county in Iran made their way to the beaches to ‘defend’ their land from being invaded by the U.S.

This news has circulated widely in Iran, using state media or otherwise, in what appears to be a PR stunt to boost the country’s morale; one look, however, at the volunteers is enough to tell you that unless the U.S. army is going to swim to Iran, the volunteers are entirely unprepared for what might potentially be coming.

Keeping in mind that the area the locals are patrolling has been bombed by the U.S. before; so if the IRGC has the local’s best interests in mind they would tell them to evacuate the beach as to not tempt the U.S. to level the entire area again; as they would do prior to a naval landing with artillery, gunboats, and amphibious tanks.