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href="#Weapons_of_mass_destruction"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.3 Weapons of mass destruction </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Weapons_of_mass_destruction-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Military_aid" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Military_aid"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6 Military aid </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Military_aid-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Equipment" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Equipment"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7 Equipment </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Equipment-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8 See also </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 Notes </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10 References </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11 Further reading </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header 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class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0ran_Silahl%C4%B1_Q%C3%BCvv%C9%99l%C9%99ri" title="İran Silahlı Qüvvələri – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="İran Silahlı Qüvvələri" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B7%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8B_%D0%86%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Узброеныя сілы Ірана – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Узброеныя сілы Ірана" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forces_Armades_de_l%27Iran" title="Forces Armades de l'Iran – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Forces Armades de l'Iran" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streitkr%C3%A4fte_der_Islamischen_Republik_Iran" title="Streitkräfte der Islamischen Republik Iran – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Streitkräfte der Islamischen Republik Iran" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%88%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%82_%CE%94%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%AC%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%99%CF%83%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%CF%82_%CE%94%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%BF%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%99%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BD" title="Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις της Ισλαμικής Δημοκρατίας του Ιράν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις της Ισλαμικής Δημοκρατίας του Ιράν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuerzas_Armadas_de_la_Rep%C3%BAblica_Isl%C3%A1mica_de_Ir%C3%A1n" title="Fuerzas Armadas de la República Islámica de Irán – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Fuerzas Armadas de la República Islámica de Irán" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armeo_de_Irano" title="Armeo de Irano – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Armeo de Irano" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%AD_%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86" title="نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی ایران – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی ایران" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forces_arm%C3%A9es_iraniennes" title="Forces armées iraniennes – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Forces armées iraniennes" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EB%9E%80_%EC%9D%B4%EC%8A%AC%EB%9E%8C_%EA%B3%B5%ED%99%94%EA%B5%AD%EA%B5%B0" title="이란 이슬람 공화국군 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="이란 이슬람 공화국군" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BB%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D5%A6%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%AE_%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AA%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Իրանի զինված ուժեր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Իրանի զինված ուժեր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oru%C5%BEane_snage_Irana" title="Oružane snage Irana – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Oružane snage Irana" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkatan_Bersenjata_Republik_Islam_Iran" title="Angkatan Bersenjata Republik Islam Iran – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Angkatan Bersenjata Republik Islam Iran" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forze_armate_dell%27Iran" title="Forze armate dell'Iran – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Forze armate dell'Iran" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%97%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%96%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9F" title="הכוחות המזוינים של איראן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הכוחות המזוינים של איראן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irano_ginkluotosios_paj%C4%97gos" title="Irano ginkluotosios pajėgos – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Irano ginkluotosios pajėgos" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ir%C3%A1n_hadereje" title="Irán hadereje – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Irán hadereje" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Вооружени сили на Иран – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Вооружени сили на Иран" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkatan_Tentera_Republik_Islam_Iran" title="Angkatan Tentera Republik Islam Iran – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Angkatan Tentera Republik Islam Iran" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%A1%E1%80%AE%E1%80%9B%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%A1%E1%80%85%E1%80%B9%E1%80%85%E1%80%9C%E1%80%AC%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%9E%E1%80%99%E1%80%B9%E1%80%99%E1%80%90%E1%80%94%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%84%E1%80%B6_%E1%80%9C%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%94%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%80%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%90%E1%80%95%E1%80%BA%E1%80%96%E1%80%BD%E1%80%B2%E1%80%B7%E1%80%99%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8" title="အီရန်အစ္စလာမ်မစ် သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ လက်နက်ကိုင်တပ်ဖွဲ့များ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="အီရန်အစ္စလာမ်မစ် သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ လက်နက်ကိုင်တပ်ဖွဲ့များ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target">မြန်မာဘာသာ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strijdkrachten_van_Iran" title="Strijdkrachten van Iran – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Strijdkrachten van Iran" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irans_forsvar" title="Irans forsvar – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Irans forsvar" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/For%C3%A7as_Armadas_do_Ir%C3%A3" title="Forças Armadas do Irã – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Forças Armadas do Irã" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8B_%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Вооружённые силы Ирана – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Вооружённые силы Ирана" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forcat_e_Armatosura_t%C3%AB_Iranit" title="Forcat e Armatosura të Iranit – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Forcat e Armatosura të Iranit" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Shqip</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a 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Republic of Iran">General Staff of the Armed Forces</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_branch" title="Military branch">Service branches</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Seal_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army.svg/20px-Seal_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Seal_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg/30px-Seal_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Seal_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="680" data-file-height="723" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">IRGC</a></li></ul> </div> <a href="/wiki/File:NAJA.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/NAJA.svg/20px-NAJA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/NAJA.svg/30px-NAJA.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/NAJA.svg/40px-NAJA.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="689" data-file-height="992" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Law_Enforcement_Command_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" title="Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran">Police</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Headquarters#Military" title="Headquarters">Headquarters</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Eshrat Abad, <a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_leadership" title="Category:Military leadership">Leadership</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Iranian_Armed_Forces" title="Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces">Commander-in-chief</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_and_Armed_Forces_Logistics_of_Iran.svg/21px-Flag_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_and_Armed_Forces_Logistics_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_and_Armed_Forces_Logistics_of_Iran.svg/32px-Flag_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_and_Armed_Forces_Logistics_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_and_Armed_Forces_Logistics_of_Iran.svg/41px-Flag_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_and_Armed_Forces_Logistics_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1423" data-file-height="1041" /> <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Brigadier General">BG</a> <a href="/wiki/Aziz_Nasirzadeh" title="Aziz Nasirzadeh">Aziz Nasirzadeh</a> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" title="General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran">Chief of the General Staff</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Flag_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran.svg/21px-Flag_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Flag_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran.svg/32px-Flag_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Flag_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran.svg/41px-Flag_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1423" data-file-height="1041" /> <a href="/wiki/Major_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Major General">MG</a> <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Bagheri_(Iranian_commander)" title="Mohammad Bagheri (Iranian commander)">Mohammad Bagheri</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Interior_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Interior (Iran)">Minister of Interior</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_the_Ministry_of_Interior_%28Iran%29.svg/21px-Flag_of_the_Ministry_of_Interior_%28Iran%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_the_Ministry_of_Interior_%28Iran%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_the_Ministry_of_Interior_%28Iran%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_the_Ministry_of_Interior_%28Iran%29.svg/41px-Flag_of_the_Ministry_of_Interior_%28Iran%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="375" /> <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Brigadier General">BG</a> <a href="/wiki/Eskandar_Momeni" title="Eskandar Momeni">Eskandar Momeni</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Personnel</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Military age</th><td class="infobox-data">18</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Conscription" title="Conscription">Conscription</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Yes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Active personnel</th><td class="infobox-data">610,000<a href="#cite_note-IISS1-1">[1]</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_military_and_paramilitary_personnel" title="List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel">ranked 9th</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_reserve" title="Military reserve">Reserve personnel</a></th><td class="infobox-data">350,000<a href="#cite_note-IISS1-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Expenditure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_budget" title="Military budget">Budget</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>25.1 billion (2024)<a href="#cite_note-SIPRI-2020-2">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">Percent of GDP</a></th><td class="infobox-data">5.2% (2024)<a href="#cite_note-SIPRI-2020-2">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Military_acquisition" title="Military acquisition">Industry</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Domestic suppliers</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Industries_Organization" title="Defense Industries Organization">DIO</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Iran_Aviation_Industries_Organization" title="Iran Aviation Industries Organization">IAIO</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Iran_Aircraft_Manufacturing_Industrial_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company">HESA</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Iran_Aircraft_Industries" title="Iran Aircraft Industries">IACI</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/PANHA" title="PANHA">IHSRC</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Qods_Aviation_Industry_Company" title="Qods Aviation Industry Company">QAIC</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Aerospace_Industries_Organization" title="Aerospace Industries Organization">AIO</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Iran_Electronics_Industries" title="Iran Electronics Industries">IEI</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Industries_Organization" title="Marine Industries Organization">MIO</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/SADRA" title="SADRA">SADRA</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/ISOICO" class="mw-redirect" title="ISOICO">ISOICO</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Annual exports</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> Russia<a href="#cite_note-dia-3">[3]</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/45px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a><a href="#cite_note-dia-3">[3]</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> China<a href="#cite_note-dia-3">[3]</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sudan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sudan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sudan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a><a href="#cite_note-dia-3">[3]</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a><a href="#cite_note-dia-3">[3]</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a><a href="#cite_note-dia-3">[3]</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a><a href="#cite_note-dia-3">[3]</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a><a href="#cite_note-dia-3">[3]</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a><a href="#cite_note-dia-3">[3]</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a><a href="#cite_note-dia-3">[3]</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/34px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png 1.5x, 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data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a> <hr /> + US$2.5 billion (2024)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Related articles</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Iran" title="Military history of Iran">Military history of Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurdish_separatism_in_Iran" title="Kurdish separatism in Iran">Kurdish separatism in Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Soviet_Invasion_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran">Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_crisis_of_1946" title="Iran crisis of 1946">Iran crisis of 1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhofar_Rebellion" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhofar Rebellion">Dhofar Rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seizure_of_Abu_Musa_and_the_Greater_and_Lesser_Tunbs" title="Seizure of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs">Seizure of Abu Musa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidation_of_the_Iranian_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Consolidation of the Iranian Revolution">Consolidation of the Iranian Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="Iran–Iraq War">Iran–Iraq War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurdish Civil War">Kurdish Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_uprising_in_Herat" title="2001 uprising in Herat">Herat Uprising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balochistan_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="Balochistan conflict">Balochistan conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_intervention_in_Iraq_(2014%E2%80%93present)" title="Iranian intervention in Iraq (2014–present)">Iranian intervention in Iraq (2014–present)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian involvement in the Syrian civil war">Iranian involvement in the Syrian civil war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Iran%E2%80%93Israel_conflict" title="2024 Iran–Israel conflict">2024 Iran–Israel conflict</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_rank" title="Military rank">Ranks</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rank_insignia_of_the_Iranian_military" class="mw-redirect" title="Rank insignia of the Iranian military">Rank insignia of the Iranian military</a></td></tr></tbody></table> The Iranian Armed Forces,<a href="#cite_note-5">[a]</a> officially the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces,<a href="#cite_note-6">[b]</a> are the combined military forces of <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>, comprising the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Army">Islamic Republic of Iran Army</a> (Artesh), the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</a> (Sepah) and the <a href="/wiki/Law_Enforcement_Command_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" title="Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran">Law Enforcement Command</a> (Faraja). Iranian Armed Forces are the largest in the Middle East in terms of active troops.<a href="#cite_note-globalfirepower-7">[5]</a> Iran's military forces are made up of approximately 610,000 <a href="/wiki/Active_duty" title="Active duty">active-duty</a> personnel plus 350,000 <a href="/wiki/Military_reserve" title="Military reserve">reserve</a> and trained personnel that can be mobilized when needed, bringing the country's military manpower to about 960,000 total personnel.<a href="#cite_note-IISS1-1">[1]</a> These numbers do not include <a href="/wiki/Law_Enforcement_Command_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" title="Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran">Law Enforcement Command</a> or <a href="/wiki/Basij" title="Basij">Basij</a>. Most of Iran's imported weapons consist of American systems purchased before the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Revolution">1979 Islamic Revolution</a>, with limited purchases from Russia in the 1990s following the <a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="Iran–Iraq War">Iran–Iraq War</a>.<a href="#cite_note-8">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[7]</a> However, the country has since then launched a robust domestic rearmament program,<a href="#cite_note-10">[8]</a> and its inventory has become <a href="/wiki/Defense_industry_of_Iran" title="Defense industry of Iran">increasingly indigenous</a>. According to Iranian officials, most of the country's military hardware is domestically manufactured, and the country had already become an exporter of arms by the 2000s.<a href="#cite_note-11">[9]</a> Unable to import weapon systems from abroad due to <a href="/wiki/Sanctions_against_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanctions against Iran">international and U.S. sanctions</a>, and suffering from an increasingly aging air force fleet, Iran has invested considerable funds into an ambitious <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps_Aerospace_Force" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force">ballistic and cruise missile program</a> for mid-range strike capability,<a href="#cite_note-12">[10]</a> and has manufactured different types of arms and munitions, including <a href="/wiki/Tank" title="Tank">tanks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armoured_fighting_vehicle" title="Armoured fighting vehicle">armoured vehicles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_combat_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned combat aerial vehicle">drones</a>, as well as various naval assets and aerial defense systems.<a href="#cite_note-13">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-14">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-15">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-16">[14]</a> Iran's <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Space_Agency" title="Iranian Space Agency">ballistic missile and space program</a> is an internationally hot political topic over which it has consistently refused to negotiate. Iranian authorities state that the country's missile program is not designed to deliver <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapon" title="Nuclear weapon">nuclear payloads</a>, but used only for <a href="/wiki/Surgical_strike" title="Surgical strike">surgical strikes</a>, and is therefore not relevant to any <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_program_of_Iran" title="Nuclear program of Iran">nuclear negotiations</a> with the <a href="/wiki/P5%2B1" title="P5+1">P5+1</a>.<a href="#cite_note-17">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-18">[16]</a> The <a href="/wiki/UAVs_in_the_Iranian_military" class="mw-redirect" title="UAVs in the Iranian military">Iranian drone program</a> has also raised concerns across the Middle East and much of the Western world, especially with proliferation among Iranian-allied forces in the Middle East, as well as exports to countries hostile to the U.S.<a href="#cite_note-19">[17]</a> According to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">U.S. Central Command</a> chief <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_F._McKenzie_Jr." title="Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr.">Gen. Kenneth McKenzie</a>, the U.S. is "for the first time since the Korean War operating without complete air superiority" due to threats posed by Iranian drones.<a href="#cite_note-20">[18]</a> All branches of the armed forces fall under the command of the <a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" title="General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran">General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_and_Armed_Forces_Logistics_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran)">Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics</a> is responsible for planning <a href="/wiki/Military_logistics" title="Military logistics">logistics</a> and funding of the armed forces and is not involved with in-the-field military operational command. The commander-in-chief of the armed forces is the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran" title="Supreme Leader of Iran">Supreme Leader</a>. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Iran" title="Military history of Iran">Military history of Iran</a></div> After the <a href="/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1953 Iranian coup d'état">coup in 1953</a>, Iran began purchasing some weapons from <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>, the United States and other countries of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Bloc" title="Western Bloc">Western Bloc</a>. Later on, Iran began establishing its own armaments industry; its efforts in this remained largely unrecognized internationally, until recently. Following the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_revolution" title="Iranian revolution">Iranian revolution</a> in 1979, deteriorating relations with the U.S. resulted in international sanctions led by the US, including an arms embargo being imposed on Iran. Revolutionary Iran was taken by surprise by the Iraqi invasion that began the <a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="Iran–Iraq War">Iran–Iraq War</a> of 1980–1988. During this conflict, there were several conflicts against the United States. From 1987, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">United States Central Command</a> sought to stop Iranian <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">mine-laying</a> vessels from blocking the international <a href="/wiki/Sea_lane" title="Sea lane">sea lanes</a> through the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a> in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Prime_Chance" title="Operation Prime Chance">Operation Prime Chance</a>. The operation lasted until 1989. On April 18, 1988, the US retaliated for the Iranian <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">mining</a> of the <a href="/wiki/USS_Samuel_B._Roberts_(FFG-58)" title="USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58)">USS Samuel B. Roberts</a> in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Praying_Mantis" title="Operation Praying Mantis">Operation Praying Mantis</a>. Simultaneously, the Iranian armed forces had to learn to maintain and keep operational, their large stocks of US-built equipment and weaponry, without outside help, due to the American-led sanctions. However, Iran was able to obtain limited amounts of American-made armaments, when it was able to buy American spare parts and weaponry for its armed forces, during the <a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair" title="Iran–Contra affair">Iran–Contra affair</a>. At first, deliveries came via Israel and later, from the US.<a href="#cite_note-21">[19]</a> The Iranian government established a five-year rearmament program in 1989 to replace worn-out weaponry from the Iran–Iraq War. Between 1989 and 1992, Iran spent $10 billion on arms, some of which were designed to prevent other states' naval vessels from accessing the sea, including marines and long-range Soviet planes capable of attacking aircraft carriers.<a href="#cite_note-Pipes1992-22">[20]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iranian_Cavalery_1930.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Iranian_Cavalery_1930.jpg/220px-Iranian_Cavalery_1930.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Iranian_Cavalery_1930.jpg/330px-Iranian_Cavalery_1930.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Iranian_Cavalery_1930.jpg/440px-Iranian_Cavalery_1930.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="416" /></a><figcaption>Iranian cavalry in 1930</figcaption></figure> A former military-associated police force, the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Gendarmerie" title="Iranian Gendarmerie">Iranian Gendarmerie</a>, was merged with the National Police (<a href="/wiki/Shahrbani" title="Shahrbani">Shahrbani</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolution_Committees" title="Islamic Revolution Committees">Islamic Revolution Committees</a> in 1990. <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iran-Iraq_War_photos_by_Amir_Ali_Javadian_(05).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Iran-Iraq_War_photos_by_Amir_Ali_Javadian_%2805%29.jpg/220px-Iran-Iraq_War_photos_by_Amir_Ali_Javadian_%2805%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Iran-Iraq_War_photos_by_Amir_Ali_Javadian_%2805%29.jpg/330px-Iran-Iraq_War_photos_by_Amir_Ali_Javadian_%2805%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Iran-Iraq_War_photos_by_Amir_Ali_Javadian_%2805%29.jpg/440px-Iran-Iraq_War_photos_by_Amir_Ali_Javadian_%2805%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption>Iranian soldiers during <a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="Iran–Iraq War">Iran-Iraq war</a>, 1980s</figcaption></figure> In 1991, the Iranian armed forces received a number of Iraqi military aircraft being evacuated from the Persian <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a> of that year; most of which were incorporated into the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force. From 2003, there have been repeated US and British allegations that Iranian forces have been covertly involved in the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a>. In 2004, Iranian armed forces <a href="/wiki/2004_Iranian_seizure_of_Royal_Navy_personnel" title="2004 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel">took Royal Navy personnel prisoner</a>, on the <a href="/wiki/Shatt_al-Arab" title="Shatt al-Arab">Shatt al-Arab</a> (Arvand Rud in Persian) river, between Iran and Iraq. They were released three days later following diplomatic discussions between the UK and Iran. In 2007, Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces also <a href="/wiki/2007_Iranian_seizure_of_Royal_Navy_personnel" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel">took prisoner</a> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> personnel when a boarding party from <a href="/wiki/HMS_Cornwall_(F99)" title="HMS Cornwall (F99)">HMS Cornwall</a> was seized in the waters between Iran and Iraq, in the Persian Gulf. They were released thirteen days later. According to <a href="/wiki/Juan_Cole" title="Juan Cole">Juan Cole</a>, Iran has never launched an "aggressive war" in modern history, and its leadership adheres to a doctrine of "no <a href="/wiki/Preemptive_war" title="Preemptive war">first strike</a>".<a href="#cite_note-Cole-23">[21]</a> The country's military budget is the lowest per capita in the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a> region besides the <a href="/wiki/UAE" class="mw-redirect" title="UAE">UAE</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Cole-23">[21]</a> Since 1979, there have been no foreign military bases present in Iran. According to Article 146 of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran">Iranian Constitution</a>, the establishment of any foreign military base in the country is forbidden, even for peaceful purposes.<a href="#cite_note-rferl1200466-24">[22]</a> On 4 December 2011, an American <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_RQ-170_Sentinel" title="Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel">RQ-170 Sentinel</a> unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) <a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93U.S._RQ-170_incident" title="Iran–U.S. RQ-170 incident">was captured</a> by Iranian forces near the city of <a href="/wiki/Kashmar" title="Kashmar">Kashmar</a> in northeastern <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>. In 2012, it was announced that Iran's <a href="/wiki/Quds_Force" title="Quds Force">Quds Force</a> is operating inside Syria providing the government of Bashar al-Assad with intelligence and direction against rebel opposition.<a href="#cite_note-auto-25">[23]</a> In December 2012, Iran stated it had captured an American <a href="/wiki/Boeing_Insitu_ScanEagle" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing Insitu ScanEagle">ScanEagle</a> UAV that violated its airspace over the Persian Gulf. Iran later stated it had also captured two other ScanEagles. In November 2015, Iranian special forces assisted in the <a href="/wiki/2015_Russian_Sukhoi_Su-24_shootdown#Search_and_rescue" title="2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown">rescue of a Russian pilot that was shot down</a> by Turkey, over Syria.<a href="#cite_note-26">[24]</a> In April 2016, Iran sent advisors from the <a href="/wiki/65th_Airborne_Special_Forces_Brigade" title="65th Airborne Special Forces Brigade">65th Airborne Special Forces Brigade</a> to Syria in support of the government.<a href="#cite_note-27">[25]</a> In 2016, Revolutionary Guard forces <a href="/wiki/2016_U.S.%E2%80%93Iran_naval_incident" title="2016 U.S.–Iran naval incident">captured US Navy personnel</a> when their boats entered Iranian territorial waters off the coast of Farsi Island in the Persian Gulf. They were released the next day following diplomatic discussions between the US and Iran. In March 2021 state TV in Iran showed footage of a "missile city" armed with ballistic and cruise weapons described as "a new Revolutionary Guard base" along the Gulf coast.<a href="#cite_note-28">[26]</a> In March 2023, Iran is in the process of allowing women to enlist in the military for the first time since the <a href="/wiki/White_Revolution" title="White Revolution">White Revolution</a>.<a href="#cite_note-29">[27]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanders">Commanders</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Commanders">edit</a>]</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B4%DA%A9%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%87_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B4_(12).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B4%DA%A9%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%87_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B4_%2812%29.jpg/400px-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B4%DA%A9%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%87_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B4_%2812%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="363" /></a><figcaption>Ali Khamenei with IRIN commanders (at the time) during inauguration of Jamaran frigate</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Ayatollah <a href="/wiki/Ali_Khamenei" title="Ali Khamenei">Ali Khamenei</a> (Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution and the <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Iranian_Armed_Forces" title="Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces">Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: فرمانده کل قوا, <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Persian" title="Romanization of Persian">romanized</a>: Fermāndeh-e Koll-e Qavā)</li> <li>Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/Aziz_Nasirzadeh" title="Aziz Nasirzadeh">Aziz Nasirzadeh</a> (امیر سرتیپ عزیز نصیرزاده) (Minister of Defence)</li> <li>Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/Eskandar_Momeni" title="Eskandar Momeni">Eskandar Momeni</a> (اسکندر مؤمنی) (Minister of Interior)</li> <li>Major General <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Bagheri_(Iranian_commander)" title="Mohammad Bagheri (Iranian commander)">Mohammad Bagheri</a> (سردار سرلشکر پاسدار محمد باقری) (Commander of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, in <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: رئیس ستاد کل نیروهای مسلح)</li> <li>Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/Mohammad-Reza_Gharaei_Ashtiani" title="Mohammad-Reza Gharaei Ashtiani">Mohammad-Reza Gharaei Ashtiani</a> (محمدرضا قرایی آشتیانی) (Deputy commander of General Staff of the Armed Forces, in <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: جانشین رئیس ستاد کل نیروهای مسلح)</li> <li>Major General <a href="/wiki/Yahya_Rahim_Safavi" title="Yahya Rahim Safavi">Yahya Rahim Safavi</a> (سردار سرلشکر پاسدار یحیی رحیم صفوی) (Senior Military Advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution)[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Army">Islamic Republic of Iran Army</a> <ul><li>Major General <a href="/wiki/Abdolrahim_Mousavi" title="Abdolrahim Mousavi">Abdolrahim Mousavi</a> (امیر سرلشکر عبدالرحیم موسوی) (Commander-in-Chief of the Army, in <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: فرمانده کل ارتش)</li> <li>Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/Mohammad-Hossein_Dadras" title="Mohammad-Hossein Dadras">Mohammad-Hossein Dadras</a> (امیر سرتیپ محمدحسین دادرس) (Deputy Commander in Chief of the Army)</li> <li>Rear admiral <a href="/wiki/Habibollah_Sayyari" title="Habibollah Sayyari">Habibollah Sayyari</a> (امیر دریادار حبیب‌الله سیاری) (Chief of the Army Joint Headquarters)</li> <li>Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/Kioumars_Heydari" title="Kioumars Heydari">Kioumars Heydari</a> (امیر سرتیپ کیومرث حیدری) (Commander of the Army Ground Forces)</li> <li>Brigadier General Hamid Vahedi (حمید واحدی) (Commander of the Air Force)</li> <li>Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/Alireza_Sabahifard" title="Alireza Sabahifard">Alireza Sabahifard</a> (امیر سرتیپ علیرضا صباحی‌فرد) (Commander of Air Defense Force)<a href="#cite_note-findarticles7782-30">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-oneonline-31">[29]</a></li> <li>Rear admiral <a href="/wiki/Shahram_Irani" title="Shahram Irani">Shahram Irani</a> (شهرام ایرانی) (Commander of the Navy)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">IRGC</a> <ul><li>Major General <a href="/wiki/Hossein_Salami" title="Hossein Salami">Hossein Salami</a> (سردار سرلشکر پاسدار حسین سلامی) (Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC, in <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: فرمانده کل سپاه پاسداران)</li> <li>Rear admiral <a href="/wiki/Ali_Fadavi" title="Ali Fadavi">Ali Fadavi</a> (سردار دریادار پاسدار علی فدوی) (Deputy Commander of the IRGC)</li> <li>Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Naqdi" title="Mohammad Reza Naqdi">Mohammad Reza Naqdi</a> (سردار سرتیپ بسیجی محمدرضا نقدی) (Chief of the IRGC Joint Headquarters)</li> <li>Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Pakpour" title="Mohammad Pakpour">Mohammad Pakpour</a> (سردار سرتیپ پاسدار محمد پاکپور) (Commander of IRGC Ground Force)<a href="#cite_note-dolat-32">[30]</a></li> <li>Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/Amir_Ali_Hajizadeh" title="Amir Ali Hajizadeh">Amir Ali Hajizadeh</a> (سردار سرتیپ پاسدار امیرعلی حاجی‌زاده) (Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force)<a href="#cite_note-hostednews-33">[31]</a></li> <li>Rear admiral <a href="/wiki/Alireza_Tangsiri" title="Alireza Tangsiri">Alireza Tangsiri</a> (سردار دريادار پاسدار علیرضا تنگسیری) (Commander of IRGC Navy)<a href="#cite_note-mehrnews-34">[32]</a></li> <li>Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/Esmail_Qaani" title="Esmail Qaani">Esmail Qaani</a> (Commander of <a href="/wiki/Quds_Force" title="Quds Force">Quds Force</a>) <a href="#cite_note-35">[33]</a></li> <li>Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/Gholamreza_Soleimani" title="Gholamreza Soleimani">Gholamreza Soleimani</a> (سردار سرتیپ پاسدار غلامرضا سلیمانی) (Commander of the <a href="/wiki/Basij" title="Basij">Basij</a> Resistance Force)<a href="#cite_note-hostednews-33">[31]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_Enforcement_Forces_of_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Law Enforcement Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran">Law Enforcement Force</a> <ul><li>Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/Ahmad-Reza_Radan" title="Ahmad-Reza Radan">Ahmad-Reza Radan</a> (سردار سرتیپ پاسدار احمدرضا رادان) (Commander-in-Chief of the General Command of the Law Enforcement, in <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: فرمانده کل انتظامی)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Structure">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1116488514">.mw-parser-output .treeview ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treeview li{padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;list-style-image:none}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li{background:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Treeview-grey-line.png")no-repeat 0 -2981px;padding-left:21px;text-indent:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li:last-child{background-position:0 -5971px}.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>.mw-empty-elt:first-child+.emptyline,.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>li:first-child{background-position:0 9px}</style><div class="treeview"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Supreme_Leader_of_Iran" title="Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran">Military Office of the Supreme Leader</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Seal_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran.svg/25px-Seal_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Seal_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran.svg/38px-Seal_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Seal_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran.svg/50px-Seal_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="532" /></a> <a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" title="General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran">General Staff of the Armed Forces</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Seal_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg/25px-Seal_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Seal_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg/38px-Seal_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Seal_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg/50px-Seal_of_the_Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="680" data-file-height="723" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</a> (Sepah) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ground_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Ground Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Ground Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basij" title="Basij">Basij</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quds_Force" title="Quds Force">Quds Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aerospace_Force_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Aerospace Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Navy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Seal_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army.svg/25px-Seal_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Seal_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army.svg/38px-Seal_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Seal_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army.svg/50px-Seal_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="677" data-file-height="679" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Army">Islamic Republic of Iran Army</a> (Artesh) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army_Ground_Forces" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces">Ground Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Air_Defense_Force" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force">Air Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Air_Force" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Navy" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Navy">Navy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:NAJA.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/NAJA.svg/20px-NAJA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/NAJA.svg/30px-NAJA.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/NAJA.svg/40px-NAJA.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="689" data-file-height="992" /></a> <a href="/wiki/General_Command_of_the_Law_Enforcement_of_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="General Command of the Law Enforcement of Islamic Republic of Iran">General Command of the Law Enforcement</a> (Police)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div> <ul><li>The Iranian regular military, or <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Army">Islamic Republic of Iran Army</a>, consists of the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army_Ground_Forces" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces">Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces</a>, <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Navy" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Navy">Islamic Republic of Iran Navy</a>,<a href="#cite_note-globalbearings-36">[34]</a> <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Air_Force" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force">Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Air_Defense_Force" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force">Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force</a>. The regular armed forces have an estimated 420,000 personnel: the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army_Ground_Forces" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces">Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces</a> with 350,000, of which 220,000 are conscripts; the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Navy" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Navy">Islamic Republic of Iran Navy</a> with 18,000, and the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Air_Force" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force">Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force</a> with 37,000 <a href="/wiki/Aircraftman" title="Aircraftman">airmen</a>.<a href="#cite_note-IISS1-1">[1]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Air_Defense_Force" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force">Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force</a> is a branch split off from the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Air_Force" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force">IRIAF</a> and has 15,000 personnel.<a href="#cite_note-IISS1-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-farsnews-37">[35]</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</a>, or Revolutionary Guards, has an estimated 190,000 personnel in five branches: Its own <a href="/wiki/Navy_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Navy</a>,<a href="#cite_note-globalbearings-36">[34]</a> <a href="/wiki/Aerospace_Force_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Aerospace Force</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ground_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Ground Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Ground Forces</a>; and the <a href="/wiki/Quds_Force" title="Quds Force">Quds Force</a> (<a href="/wiki/Special_forces" title="Special forces">special forces</a>).<a href="#cite_note-IISS1-1">[1]</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Basij" title="Basij">Basij</a> is a paramilitary volunteer force controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards. Its membership is a matter of controversy. Iranian sources claim a membership of 12.6 million, including women, of which perhaps 600,000 are combat capable.<a href="#cite_note-IISS1-1">[1]</a> There are a claimed 2,500 battalions of which some are composed of full-time personnel.<a href="#cite_note-IISS1-1">[1]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Joint_morning_call_of_Iranian_Armed_Forces_in_2019_(10).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Joint_morning_call_of_Iranian_Armed_Forces_in_2019_%2810%29.jpg/270px-Joint_morning_call_of_Iranian_Armed_Forces_in_2019_%2810%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Joint_morning_call_of_Iranian_Armed_Forces_in_2019_%2810%29.jpg/405px-Joint_morning_call_of_Iranian_Armed_Forces_in_2019_%2810%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Joint_morning_call_of_Iranian_Armed_Forces_in_2019_%2810%29.jpg/540px-Joint_morning_call_of_Iranian_Armed_Forces_in_2019_%2810%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="667" /></a><figcaption>Joint morning call of Iranian Armed Forces in 2019</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cyberwarfare">Cyberwarfare</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cyberwarfare">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Cyberwarfare_in_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyberwarfare in Iran">Cyberwarfare in Iran</a></div> It has been reported that Iran is one of the five countries that has a cyber-army capable of conducting cyber-warfare operations. It has also been reported that Iran has immensely increased its <a href="/wiki/Cyberwarfare" title="Cyberwarfare">cyberwarfare</a> capability since the post presidential election un-rest.<a href="#cite_note-Leyne-38">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-payvand-39">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-channel4-40">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-bbc100130-41">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-Marwaha-42">[40]</a> Furthermore, China has accused the United States of having initiated a cyber war against Iran through websites such as <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> and <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> in addition to employing a hacker brigade for the purpose of fomenting unrest in Iran.<a href="#cite_note-Tisdall-43">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-washingtontimes-44">[42]</a> It has also been reported in early 2010 that two new garrisons for cyberwarfare have been established at <a href="/wiki/Zanjan_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zanjan (city)">Zanjan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Isfahan" title="Isfahan">Isfahan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-isfahan-45">[43]</a> As of 2024, Iran's cyber activities have become more sophisticated, engaging in a persistent cyber struggle with Israel that focuses on espionage, information warfare, and attempts to target critical infrastructure, although Israel maintains a technological edge.<a href="#cite_note-46">[44]</a><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iranian_Velayat-90_Naval_Exercise_by_IRIN_(5).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Iranian_Velayat-90_Naval_Exercise_by_IRIN_%285%29.jpg/220px-Iranian_Velayat-90_Naval_Exercise_by_IRIN_%285%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Iranian_Velayat-90_Naval_Exercise_by_IRIN_%285%29.jpg/330px-Iranian_Velayat-90_Naval_Exercise_by_IRIN_%285%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Iranian_Velayat-90_Naval_Exercise_by_IRIN_%285%29.jpg/440px-Iranian_Velayat-90_Naval_Exercise_by_IRIN_%285%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="849" data-file-height="554" /></a><figcaption>Iranian Velayat-90 Naval Exercise Iran</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Budget">Budget</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Budget">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Military_budget_of_Iran" title="Military budget of Iran">Military budget of Iran</a></div> Iran's 2021 defense budget was estimated to be $25.0 billion by <a href="/wiki/International_Institute_for_Strategic_Studies" title="International Institute for Strategic Studies">IISS</a>.<a href="#cite_note-47">[45]</a> <div class="center"><div class="thumb tnone" style=""><div class="thumbinner" style="width:-moz-fit-content; width:fit-content;"><div class="thumbimage noresize" style="width:auto;"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Notice plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-notice" role="presentation" style="width:100%;margin:0;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/60px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/80px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></div></td><td class="mbox-text" style="text-align: left;"><div class="mbox-text-span">Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T334940" class="extiw" title="phab:T334940">Phabricator</a> and on <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Graph/Plans" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:Graph/Plans">MediaWiki.org</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="thumbcaption">Iranian 21st century military spending in $ billion, constant prices of 2019 (via <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sipri.org/sites/default/files/SIPRI-Milex-data-1949-2020_0.xlsx">SIPRI Military Expenditure Database</a>)</div></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Defense_industry">Defense industry</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Defense industry">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Defense_industry_of_Iran" title="Defense industry of Iran">Defense industry of Iran</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_military_equipment_manufactured_in_Iran" title="List of military equipment manufactured in Iran">List of military equipment manufactured in Iran</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Five_Iranian_Air_Force_F-14A_Tomcats_in_flight.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Five_Iranian_Air_Force_F-14A_Tomcats_in_flight.jpg/220px-Five_Iranian_Air_Force_F-14A_Tomcats_in_flight.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Five_Iranian_Air_Force_F-14A_Tomcats_in_flight.jpg/330px-Five_Iranian_Air_Force_F-14A_Tomcats_in_flight.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Five_Iranian_Air_Force_F-14A_Tomcats_in_flight.jpg/440px-Five_Iranian_Air_Force_F-14A_Tomcats_in_flight.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="667" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Formation_flying" title="Formation flying">formation flight</a> of Iranian <a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat" title="Grumman F-14 Tomcat">F-14 Tomcats</a>, in 2008</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iranian_Kilo-class_diesel_submarine.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Iranian_Kilo-class_diesel_submarine.jpg/220px-Iranian_Kilo-class_diesel_submarine.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Iranian_Kilo-class_diesel_submarine.jpg/330px-Iranian_Kilo-class_diesel_submarine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Iranian_Kilo-class_diesel_submarine.jpg/440px-Iranian_Kilo-class_diesel_submarine.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1769" data-file-height="955" /></a><figcaption>Iran has three Russian-built <a href="/wiki/Kilo-class_submarine" title="Kilo-class submarine">Kilo-class submarines</a> patrolling the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fateh-110_missiles_and_launchers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Fateh-110_missiles_and_launchers.jpg/220px-Fateh-110_missiles_and_launchers.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Fateh-110_missiles_and_launchers.jpg/330px-Fateh-110_missiles_and_launchers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Fateh-110_missiles_and_launchers.jpg/440px-Fateh-110_missiles_and_launchers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="879" data-file-height="584" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Fateh-110" title="Fateh-110">Fateh-110</a> is a solid-fuel, guided ballistic missile</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shahed_129_(4).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Shahed_129_%284%29.jpg/220px-Shahed_129_%284%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Shahed_129_%284%29.jpg/330px-Shahed_129_%284%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Shahed_129_%284%29.jpg/440px-Shahed_129_%284%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1196" data-file-height="798" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Shahed_129" title="Shahed 129">Shahed 129</a> drone is widely considered to be one of the most capable Iranian drone in service</figcaption></figure>Under the last <a href="/wiki/Pahlavi_dynasty" title="Pahlavi dynasty">Shah of Iran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi" title="Mohammad Reza Pahlavi">Mohammad Reza Pahlavi</a>, Iran's military industry was limited to assembly of foreign weapons. In the assembly lines that were put up by American firms, such as <a href="/wiki/Bell_Helicopter_Textron" class="mw-redirect" title="Bell Helicopter Textron">Bell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Litton_Industries" title="Litton Industries">Litton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Corporation" title="Northrop Corporation">Northrop</a>, Iranian workers put together a variety of helicopters, aircraft, guided missiles, electronic components and tanks.<a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-48">[46]</a> In 1973, the <a href="/wiki/Iran_Electronics_Industries_(IEI)" class="mw-redirect" title="Iran Electronics Industries (IEI)">Iran Electronics Industries (IEI)</a> was established.<a href="#cite_note-ieicorp-49">[47]</a> The company was set up in a first attempt to organize the assembly and repair of foreign-delivered weapons.<a href="#cite_note-autogenerated3-50">[48]</a> The Iranian <a href="/wiki/Defense_Industries_Organization" title="Defense Industries Organization">Defense Industries Organization</a> was the first to succeed in taking a step into what could be called a military industry by reverse engineering <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a> <a href="/wiki/RPG-7" title="RPG-7">RPG-7</a>, <a href="/wiki/BM-21_Grad" title="BM-21 Grad">BM-21</a>, and <a href="/wiki/SAM-7" class="mw-redirect" title="SAM-7">SAM-7</a> missiles in 1979.<a href="#cite_note-autogenerated3-50">[48]</a> Nevertheless, most of Iran's weapons before the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic revolution">Islamic revolution</a> were imported from the United States and Europe. Between 1971 and 1975, the <a href="/wiki/Shah" title="Shah">Shah</a> went on a buying spree, ordering $8 billion in weapons from the United States alone. This alarmed the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a>, which strengthened a 1968 law on arms exports in 1976 and renamed it the Arms Export Control Act. Still, the United States continued to sell large amounts of weapons to Iran until the 1979 <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic Revolution">Islamic Revolution</a>.<a href="#cite_note-cdi736-51">[49]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed_Forces_Day_exhibition_in_Isfahan_(01).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed_Forces_Day_exhibition_in_Isfahan_%2801%29.jpg/220px-Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed_Forces_Day_exhibition_in_Isfahan_%2801%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed_Forces_Day_exhibition_in_Isfahan_%2801%29.jpg/330px-Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed_Forces_Day_exhibition_in_Isfahan_%2801%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed_Forces_Day_exhibition_in_Isfahan_%2801%29.jpg/440px-Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed_Forces_Day_exhibition_in_Isfahan_%2801%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption> Armed Forces Day exhibition in Isfahan</figcaption></figure> After the Islamic revolution, Iran found itself severely isolated and lacking technological expertise. Because of economic sanctions and a weapons embargo put on Iran by the United States, it was forced to rely on its domestic arms industry for weapons and spare parts, since there were very few countries willing to do business with Iran.<a href="#cite_note-strategypage-52">[50]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guards" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guards">Islamic Revolutionary Guards</a> were put in charge of creating what is today known as the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_military_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian military industry">Iranian military industry</a>. Under their command, Iran's military industry was enormously expanded, and with the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_(Iran)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Defense (Iran)">Ministry of Defense</a> pouring investment into the missile industry, Iran soon accumulated a <a href="/wiki/Iran%27s_missile_forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Iran's missile forces">vast arsenal of missiles</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-48">[46]</a> Since 1992, it has also produced its own <a href="/wiki/Tank" title="Tank">tanks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armored_personnel_carriers" class="mw-redirect" title="Armored personnel carriers">armored personnel carriers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Radar_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Radar system">radar systems</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guided_missiles" class="mw-redirect" title="Guided missiles">guided missiles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marines" title="Marines">marines</a>, military vessels and <a href="/wiki/Fighter_planes" class="mw-redirect" title="Fighter planes">fighter planes</a>.<a href="#cite_note-foxnews-53">[51]</a> Iran is also producing its own submarines.<a href="#cite_note-submarine-54">[52]</a> In recent years, official announcements have highlighted the development of weapons such as the <a href="/wiki/Fajr-3_(MIRV)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fajr-3 (MIRV)">Fajr-3 (MIRV)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hoot_(missile)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hoot (missile)">Hoot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kowsar" title="Kowsar">Kowsar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fateh-110" title="Fateh-110">Fateh-110</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shahab-3" title="Shahab-3">Shahab-3</a> missile systems and a variety of <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicles" class="mw-redirect" title="Unmanned aerial vehicles">unmanned aerial vehicles</a>, at least one of which <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> claims has been used to spy on its territory.<a href="#cite_note-bbc3990773-55">[53]</a> On November 2, 2012, Iran's Brigadier General Hassan Seifi reported that the Iranian Army had achieved self-suffiency in producing military equipment, and that the abilities of Iranian scientists have enabled the country to make significant progress in this field. He was quoted saying, "Unlike Western countries which hide their new weapons and munitions from all, the Islamic Republic of Iran's Army is not afraid of displaying its latest military achievements and all countries must become aware of Iran's progress in producing weaponry."<a href="#cite_note-armyrecognition-56">[54]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="UAV_program">UAV program</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: UAV program">edit</a>]</div> Iran has produced several <a href="/wiki/List_of_military_equipment_manufactured_in_Iran#Defense_production" title="List of military equipment manufactured in Iran">unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)</a>, which can be used for reconnaissance and combat operations. Iran has also claimed to have downed, <a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93U.S._RQ-170_incident" title="Iran–U.S. RQ-170 incident">captured</a> and later reverse-engineered US and Israeli drones. Iranian drones have seen extensive combat during the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian Civil War</a><a href="#cite_note-57">[55]</a> as well as by the <a href="/wiki/Houthi_movement" title="Houthi movement">Houthi movement</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Yemeni_Civil_War_(2014%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)">Yemeni Civil War</a>, mostly against Saudi targets.<a href="#cite_note-58">[56]</a> Some time after the beginning of <a href="/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022</a>, the U.S. reported that Iran was supplying Russia with military drones.<a href="#cite_note-59">[57]</a> Iran later confirmed the reports, though it denied the drones were meant to be used in the Ukraine war, and added that China was on the list of countries looking to import Iranian drones.<a href="#cite_note-60">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-61">[59]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ballistic_missile_program">Ballistic missile program</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Ballistic missile program">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Iran%27s_missile_forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Iran's missile forces">Iran's missile forces</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_Prophet_II_(84).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Great_Prophet_II_%2884%29.jpg/265px-Great_Prophet_II_%2884%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="265" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Great_Prophet_II_%2884%29.jpg/398px-Great_Prophet_II_%2884%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Great_Prophet_II_%2884%29.jpg/530px-Great_Prophet_II_%2884%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="396" /></a><figcaption>The "Great Prophet II" <a href="/wiki/Shahab-3" title="Shahab-3">Shahab-3</a> test, 2 November 2006.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Holy_Defense_Museum_in_Tehran_(005).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Holy_Defense_Museum_in_Tehran_%28005%29.jpg/220px-Holy_Defense_Museum_in_Tehran_%28005%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Holy_Defense_Museum_in_Tehran_%28005%29.jpg/330px-Holy_Defense_Museum_in_Tehran_%28005%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Holy_Defense_Museum_in_Tehran_%28005%29.jpg/440px-Holy_Defense_Museum_in_Tehran_%28005%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption>Ballistic missiles in Holy Defense Museum in <a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a></figcaption></figure> On November 2, 2006, Iran fired unarmed missiles to begin 10 days of <a href="/wiki/Military_simulation" title="Military simulation">military simulations</a>. Iranian state television reported "dozens of missiles were fired including <a href="/wiki/Shahab-2" title="Shahab-2">Shahab-2</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shahab-3" title="Shahab-3">Shahab-3</a> missiles. The missiles had ranges from 300 km to up to 2,000 km. Iranian experts have made some changes to Shahab-3 missiles installing cluster <a href="/wiki/Warhead" title="Warhead">warheads</a> in them with the capacity to carry 1,400 bombs." These launches came after some United States-led military exercises in the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a> on October 30, 2006, meant to train for blocking the transport of <a href="/wiki/Weapons_of_mass_destruction" class="mw-redirect" title="Weapons of mass destruction">weapons of mass destruction</a>.<a href="#cite_note-manoeuvres-62">[60]</a> Iran is also believed to have started the development of an ICBM/IRBM missile project, known as <a href="/wiki/Ghadr-110" title="Ghadr-110">Ghadr-110</a> with a range of 3000 km; the program is believed to be a parallel of the advancement of a satellite launcher named <a href="/wiki/Shahab-4" title="Shahab-4">IRIS</a>. Iran also dedicated <a href="/wiki/Iranian_underground_missile_bases" title="Iranian underground missile bases">underground ballistic missile bases and silos</a>. Older generation platforms, like the <a href="/wiki/Shahab-3" title="Shahab-3">Shahab family</a>, are slowly being phased out of service and replaced by newer generation ballistic missiles that emphasise accuracy and manoeuvrability over longer range, such as the <a href="/wiki/Fateh-110" title="Fateh-110">Fateh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sejjil" title="Sejjil">Sejjil</a> families. By 2020, the U.S. military command in the Middle East had assessed that Iran's missile forces, by far the largest and most diverse in the Middle East, have already achieved overmatch against their adversaries in the region.<a href="#cite_note-63">[61]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weapons_of_mass_destruction">Weapons of mass destruction</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Weapons of mass destruction">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Iran_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction" title="Iran and weapons of mass destruction">Iran and weapons of mass destruction</a> and <a href="/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_Iran" title="Science and technology in Iran">Science and technology in Iran</a></div> Iran started a major campaign to produce and stockpile chemical weapons after a truce was agreed with Iraq after 1980–88 <a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="Iran–Iraq War">Iran–Iraq War</a>.<a href="#cite_note-64">[62]</a> However, Iran ratified the <a href="/wiki/Chemical_Weapons_Convention" title="Chemical Weapons Convention">Chemical Weapons Convention</a> in 1997. Iranian troops and civilians suffered tens of thousands of casualties from Iraqi <a href="/wiki/Chemical_weapon" title="Chemical weapon">chemical weapons</a> during the 1980–88 Iran–Iraq War. Even today, more than twenty-four years after the end of the Iran–Iraq War, about 30,000 Iranians are still suffering and dying from the effects of chemical weapons employed by Iraq during the war. The need to manage the treatment of such a large number of casualties has placed Iran's medical specialists in the forefront of the development of effective treatment regimens for chemical weapons victims, and particularly for those suffering from exposure to <a href="/wiki/Sulfur_mustard" class="mw-redirect" title="Sulfur mustard">mustard gas</a>.<a href="#cite_note-opcw-65">[63]</a> Iran ratified the <a href="/wiki/Biological_Weapons_Convention" title="Biological Weapons Convention">Biological Weapons Convention</a> in 1973.<a href="#cite_note-opbw-66">[64]</a> Iran has advanced biological and <a href="/wiki/Genetic_engineering" title="Genetic engineering">genetic engineering</a> research programs supporting an industry that produces <a href="/wiki/Vaccine" title="Vaccine">vaccines</a> for both domestic use and export.<a href="#cite_note-vacc-67">[65]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_aid">Military aid</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Military aid">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Iran" title="Foreign relations of Iran">Foreign relations of Iran</a></div> In 2013, Iran was reported to supply money, equipment, technological expertise and <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicles" class="mw-redirect" title="Unmanned aerial vehicles">unmanned aerial vehicles</a> (drones) to the Syrian government and Hezbollah during the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a>, and to the Iraqi government and its state-sponsored organizations the <a href="/wiki/Popular_Mobilization_Forces" title="Popular Mobilization Forces">Popular Mobilization Forces</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Peshmerga" title="Peshmerga">Peshmerga</a> during <a href="/wiki/War_on_ISIL" class="mw-redirect" title="War on ISIL">War on ISIL</a>.<a href="#cite_note-68">[66]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Equipment">Equipment</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Equipment">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Iranian Fighting Vehicles<a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Model </th> <th>Image </th> <th>Origin </th> <th>Quantity </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5">Tanks </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/T-54A_tank" class="mw-redirect" title="T-54A tank">T-54A</a> </td> <td> </td> <td rowspan="2"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> Soviet Union </td> <td rowspan="14">Unknown </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/T-55A" class="mw-redirect" title="T-55A">T-55A</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Type_69_tank" title="Type 69 tank">Type 69</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> China </td> <td>(Captured from <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>).<a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Safir-74" class="mw-redirect" title="Safir-74">Safir-74</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /> <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chonma-ho" title="Chonma-ho">Chonma-ho</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/T-72" title="T-72">T-72M</a> </td> <td> </td> <td rowspan="2"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> Soviet Union </td> <td>(Captured from Iraq), (Some with an upgraded fire-control system).<a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/T-72" title="T-72">T-72M1</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>(Some with an upgraded fire-control system).<a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/T-72S" class="mw-redirect" title="T-72S">T-72S</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> Russia </td> <td>(Some with electro-optical active protection system or slat armour).<a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FV101_Scorpion" title="FV101 Scorpion">FV 101 Scorpion</a> </td> <td> </td> <td rowspan="2"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> United Kingdom </td> <td>(Locally upgraded examples known as Tosan).<a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FV4201_Chieftain" class="mw-redirect" title="FV4201 Chieftain">FV4201 Chieftain</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>(Locally upgraded examples known as Mobarez), (Some with a Russian V-84 engine).<a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/M47M" class="mw-redirect" title="M47M">M47M</a> </td> <td> </td> <td rowspan="3"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> United States </td> <td>(Some upgraded with an EO device and explosive reactive armour).<a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/M48A5" class="mw-redirect" title="M48A5">M48A5</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/M60A1" class="mw-redirect" title="M60A1">M60A1 Patton</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Karrar_(tank)" title="Karrar (tank)">Karrar</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /> <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5">Armoured Fighting Vehicles </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/EE-9_Cascavel" title="EE-9 Cascavel">EE-9</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /> Brazil </td> <td rowspan="2">Unknown </td> <td>(Captured from Iraq).<a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lynx_reconnaissance_vehicle" title="Lynx reconnaissance vehicle">Lynx</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> United States </td> <td>(Some armed with <a href="/wiki/ZU-23-2" title="ZU-23-2">ZU-23s</a>).<a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5">Infantry Fighting Vehicles </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BMP-1" title="BMP-1">BMP-1</a> </td> <td> </td> <td rowspan="2"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> Soviet Union </td> <td rowspan="3">Unknown </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BMP-2" title="BMP-2">BMP-2</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>(Some upgraded to carry Dehlavieh ATGMs).<a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>BTR-82 </td> <td> </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /> <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5">Armoured Personnel Carriers </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BTR-50" title="BTR-50">BTR-50PK</a> </td> <td> </td> <td rowspan="2"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> Soviet Union </td> <td rowspan="5">Unknown </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BTR-60" title="BTR-60">BTR-60PB</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/M113_armored_personnel_carrier" title="M113 armored personnel carrier">M113</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> United States </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boragh" title="Boragh">Boragh</a> </td> <td> </td> <td rowspan="2"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /> <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> </td> <td>(Can be armed with MRLs and ZU-23s).<a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rakhsh_(armoured_personnel_carrier)" title="Rakhsh (armoured personnel carrier)">Rakhsh</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>(Can be armed with ZU-23s).<a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5">Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicles </th></tr> <tr> <td>Toofan </td> <td> </td> <td rowspan="3"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /> <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">Unknown </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ra'ad </td> <td> </td> <td rowspan="2">(Yet to enter mass production).<a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Caracal </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5">Infantry Mobility Vehicles (IMV) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/M1151" title="M1151">M1151</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> United States </td> <td rowspan="8">Unknown </td> <td>(Taken over from <a href="/wiki/Afghan_National_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Afghan National Army">Afghan National Army</a> elements that escaped to Iran).<a href="#cite_note-:0-69">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>YOZ 102 </td> <td> </td> <td rowspan="7"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, 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