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SOUTH-WESTERN TACTICAL COMMAND, HQ DEZFUL

(Southern Iraq front - Gulf Coast - Straits of Hormuz, responsible for the defense of Khuzestan Province)

3rd Corps

92nd Armored Division

23rd Special Forces ‘Takavar’ Division (formed in 1993) HQ Tehran (2008)

3 brigades (some may be deployed in Western Area

1 mountain brigade (Afghan border)

30th Infantry Division Tehran

45th Commando Brigade Dezful

44th Artillery Brigade (formerly division) (moved to western area?)

EASTERN TACTICAL COMMAND, HQ BIRJAND

Responsible for the defense of the areas along the borders to Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

4th Corps

88th Armored Division Ahvaz (cadre)

77th Infantry Division Tabriz (may have armored battalions attached)

Not Placed

65th Paratroop Brigade, possibly a brigade of 23rd Division.

58th “Stormtrooper” Division, is in Northwest.