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Article 151: In accordance with the venerable Qur’anic verse, “Muster against them all the men and cavalry at your command, so that you may strike terror into the enemy of God and your enemy and others beside them who are unknown to you but known to God” (8: 59), the government is responsible for providing for all the citizens a program of military training and its facilities, in accordance with the criterion of Islam such that everyone will always be able to engage in the armed defense of the country and the order of the Islamic Republic of Iran. However, the possession of arms requires the permission of the official authorities. Chapter Ten: Foreign Policy