A wartime volunteer campaign backed by Iran's embassy in Canberra has sparked alarm among Iranian Australians, with children as young as 12 able to sign up.The campaign, criticised as "very dangerous" by some in the diaspora, was shared by the embassy on Monday.In material shared online and on social channels, seen by SBS News, posts detail how Iranians outside the country can join the regime's 'Janfada' — which translates to 'sacrificing life' — campaign.The campaign, launched in Iran last month, looks to recruit volunteers for the war, which was sparked by United States and Israeli strikes on Iran in February and has since spiralled into a regional conflict President Masoud Pezeskian has said they "may not be needed to fight on the front lines", but they can contribute to the "society".Last week, local media in Iran reported that "Janfada girls" had been involved in a pro-regime demonstration in Iran."The Janfada campaign to me is just another facet of the sophisticated media disinformation campaign propagated by the regime in what has become another theatre of war," Moore-Gilbert said."The war online and in the information sphere, including Iran's viral use of memes and trolling, is in part designed to generate support for Iran, behind enemy lines, including in Australia."In my view, all Western governments have been asleep at the wheel when it comes to state-sponsored disinformation and propaganda, and we should take active steps to shut down such campaigns on the grounds of national security."For the latest from SBS News, download our app and subscribe to our newsletter.