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What is UA, and what do they stand for? The Edict spoke with the collective’s founding members to find out.

Faceless soldiers with keys slung around their necks are flung to martyrdom in a minefield bombing during the Iran-Iraq War. They are the teenagers to whom the Islamic Republic under Ruhollah Khomeini distributed “keys to heaven”, in exchange for joining the Iranian forces. On the very same page, a young Marji dances with glee, accompanied by laughing friends. She is attending her first party.