Even diaspora Iranians who never lived in Iran face the draft at eighteen
Evidence
Those with Iranian citizenship via parentage, even if they have never lived in Iran, are technical y eligible for mandatory military service. The minimum nonvoluntary age for young men to be drafted into the Iranian sarbazi is eighteen; thus, entering Iran as an “Iranian” with an Iranian passport activates this issue. — Neda Maghbouleh, The Limits of Whiteness, 378
Categorization
- QUESTION: Interesting asymmetry: blood-based citizenship activates liability (draft) without granting the privileges of lived citizenship. Worth investigating how other states use jus sanguinis to extend obligations, not just rights.