Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces

This article is about Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. For Ground Forces of Iran's regular military, see Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces
نیروی زمینی سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی
FoundedActual: 1980; 44 years ago (1980)
Official: 17 September 1985
(38 years ago) (1985-09-17)
Country Iran
BranchLand force
Size≈150,000 (2020)[1]
Part ofIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
EngagementsIran–Iraq War
Syrian Civil War
Commanders
Current
commander		Brig. Gen. Mohammad Pakpour
Insignia
Flag
Flag of armored units
Islamic Revolutionary
Guard Corps
Command
Supreme Leader
Commanders
Joint Staff
Military branches
Ground Forces
Aerospace Force
Navy
Quds Force
Basij
Intelligence agencies
Intelligence Organization
Intelligence Protection Organization
Personnel
Ranks insignia
Facilities
Imam Hossein University
Baqiyatallah University
University of Command and Staff
Amir Al-Momenin University

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces (Persian: نیروی زمینی سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی), acronymed NEZSA (Persian: نزسا), are the ground forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The IRGC Ground Forces are more geared towards internal disorder than the regular Iranian Army. However, in recent years, the IRGC Ground Forces and by extension the entire IRGC, have transitioned to becoming an expeditionary force, capable of projecting power abroad, through conventional military operations or via proxies and unconventional warfare.[2] There are at least around 150,000 IRGC Ground Force troops.[3]

Following this transition, the Ground Forces structure remains focused on brigade levels units, supported by armoured, air support (drone), artillery, intelligence and special forces formations.[4]

  1. ^ The International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) (2020). "Middle East and North Africa". The Military Balance 2020. Vol. 120. Routledge. pp. 348–352. doi:10.1080/04597222.2020.1707968. ISBN 9780367466398. S2CID 219624897.
  2. ^ http://csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/060728_gulf_iran.pdf Archived 21 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
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