Iran

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Army Field Organization

Airmobile Strategic Reserve HQ Isfahan

29th Airmobile Commando Division

55th Airborne Elite Division (5000 regulars)

First Army HQ Tehran

Second Army HQ Esfahan

Third Army HQ Shiraz

NORTHERN TACTICAL COMMAND, HQ REZAIYEH

Responsible for the defense of Azarbayjan-e-Sharq, Reza’iyeh, and Gilan Provinces.

Mission: Azerbaijahn & Turkish borders. Also, reserve for Iraq front.

2nd Corps

21st Division (2008)

28th Mechanized Infantry Division Kerman (fully mechanized)

30th Infantry Division (2008)

58th Mountain Infantry Division Ahvaz (includes Commando Units)

64th Infantry Division Bandar 'E Mah Shahr (2008; given as IRGC)

77th Division

40th Infantry Brigade Hamadan (formerly division)

25th Commando Brigade (2008)

11th Artillery Brigade (formerly division)

WESTERN TACTICAL COMMAND, HQ KERMANSHAH

Responsible for the defence of Kordestan, Bakhtaran, and Ilam Provinces.

[Note: Kermanshah was renamed Bakhtaran, in summer of 1980, then back to Kermanshah, shortly after the war with Iraq.]

Mission: Main Iraq front.

1st Corps

16th Armored Division [cadre] (2008)

81st Armored Division Qazin [cadre] Qasr-e Shirin region (may have moved to

Southern Corps)

84th Mechanized Division Khorramabad

(82nd Mechanized Infantry Division reported - unconfirmed)

37th Armored Brigade

35th Commando Brigade

58th Commando Brigade

22nd Artillery Brigade (formerly division) 23rd Artillery Brigade (formerly division) 55th Artillery Brigade (formerly division)

411th Engineering Brigade