Southern Fleet (Iran)

Southern Forward Naval Headquarters
Southern Forward Naval Headquarters
	Bandar Abbas Jask Konarak Bushehr Kharg Pasabandar Khorramshahr Location of current southern fleet bases
Country	Iran
Part of	Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Garrison/HQ	Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province
Engagements	Anglo-Persian capture of Ormuz (1622); Afsharid Conquests in the Persian Gulf & Oman (1730s–1747); British invasion of Iran (1941); Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988); ;
Commanders
Current; commander	Vice Commodore Afshin Tashak

The Southern Fleet, which is under command of the Southern Forward Naval Headquarters^[2] (SNFHQ; Persian: قرارگاه مقدم ناوگان جنوب), compromises the 1st, the 2nd and the 3rd naval regions of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy. The SNFHQ is based in Bandar Abbas, and is responsible for coordination across its three southern districts as a forward operating base, as well as presence of units in international missions off Iranian territorial waters.^[2]

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Southern Forward Naval Headquarters
Bandar Abbas Jask Konarak Bushehr Kharg Pasabandar Khorramshahr Location of current southern fleet bases^[1]
Country	Iran
Part of	Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Garrison/HQ	Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province
Engagements	Anglo-Persian capture of Ormuz (1622) Afsharid Conquests in the Persian Gulf & Oman (1730s–1747) British invasion of Iran (1941) Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988)
Commanders
Current commander	Vice Commodore Afshin Tashak