Iranian Police Special Units

Special Units Command of Law Enforcement Command of Islamic Republic of Iran
Persian: فرماندهی یگان‌های ویژه فراجا
Seal of Special Units Command
Active1991-present
Country Iran
Branch Law Enforcement Command of Islamic Republic of Iran
RoleRiot police & tactical police units
Garrison/HQTehran
Nickname(s)YEGUP
Commanders
Current
commander
Brigadier general Hassan Karami
Notable
commanders
Mojtaba Abdollahi
Insignia
Insignia of Special Units

Special Units Command of FARAJA (Persian: فرماندهی یگان‌های ویژه فراجا Yegānhā-ye vīzheh-ye pāsdārān-e FARAJA), acronymed YEGUP (Persian: یگوپ),[1] is a subdivision of Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran in charge of its special forces.

The FARAJA Special Units were involved in the post-election protest suppression in 2009 and have forcefully put down multiple nationwide protests.[2]

  1. ^ "اسم هاي مخفف در نيروهاي مسلح" (in Persian). Parsine. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. ^ "LEF Special Units". Iranian Regime: Frauds, Manipulations, Atrocities Human Rights Violations, Threats, Crimes, News. IFMAT. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2022.