iranian armed forces

Iranian Armed Forces

The Iranian Armed Forces, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces, include the Artesh, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Police Command. The International Institute for Strategic... Wikipedia

Current form: 1979
Service branches: Revolutionary Guards, Police Command
Headquarters: Eshrat Abad, Tehran, Iran
Commander-in-chief: Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei
Minister of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics: BG Mohammad-Reza Gharaei Ashtiani
Minister of Interior: BG Eskandar Momeni
Military age: 18
Conscription: Yes
Active personnel: 570,000 (IISS unchanged since 2023)
Reserve personnel: 350,000 (IISS unchanged since 2023)
Budget: US$24.6 billion (2021)
Percent of GDP: 2.8% (2021)
Domestic suppliers: DIO, IAIO, HESA, IACI, IHSRC, QAIC, AIO, IEI, MIO, SADRA
History: Military history of Iran, Kurdish separatism in Iran, Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran, Iran crisis of 1946, Dhofar Rebellion, Seizure of Abu Musa, Consolidation of the Iranian Revolution, Iran–Iraq War, Soviet–Afghan War, Kurdish Civil War, Algerian Civil War, Bosnian War, Herat Uprising, Balochistan conflict, Iranian intervention in Iraq (2014–present), Iranian involvement in the Syrian civil war, Tigray War, Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present), Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Middle Eastern crisis
Ranks: Rank insignia of the Iranian military
Data source: DuckDuckGo