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Iran Uses Video Games Against Israel

GamePolitics reports that Iran has released at least two games focusing on the "crimes" of the "Zionist" Israeli government. The games were made by the student arm of Basij, Iran's paramilitary volunteer militia. The first game is titled Assault on Freedom Convoy, and it details the May 31st Israeli commando raid on activists trying to slip through a Gaza naval blockade that left nine Turkish activists dead. A website run by student Basijis said the game exposes the "crimes of the Zionist regime during the attack on the flotilla," according to the Times of India. The second game is called Devil's Den 2, though no more details are currently available (there's a 25-year-old board game called Devil's Den about the battle of Gettysberg, but there probably isn't any relation).

Mohammad Reza Jokar, head of the Basij student wing, said about the games, "The young generation must find out about the Zionist regime and since video games enjoy large audiences, they were unveiled ahead of Quds Day," referring to the annual Palestinian solidarity day held in Iran on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.