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All young men who reach the age of 18 must spend about two years of compulsory military service in the Iranian army or the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. [1] Often, the General staff of the armed forces of Iran chooses where people will serve, and a person cannot choose where to serve. [1] The length of conscription is between 18 months to ...
Ship No. Commissioned Displacement Type Origin Shahin class: IRIS Shahin: M111 2021 Minehunter: Southern Fleet: Iran Undergoing Overhaul as of 2025 Intelligence Vessels Class Picture Ship No. Commissioned Displacement Type Origin Moudge. class. IRIS Zagros: 313 2025 1,500 Tons Southern Fleet: Iran Based on Moudge class frigate hull
The destroyer Palang. Damavand (ex-Artemiz) (1966–199?), used to be the British HMS Sluys (D60); it was sold to Iran in 1966 and retired in the early 1990s.; Babr, used to be the American USS Zellars (DD-777) (1973–1994), it was sold to Iran in 1973 and has been non-operational since 1994.
The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy or Iranian Navy (IRIN; Persian: نیروی دریایی ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران, romanized: Nirū-yē Dəryâyi-yē Ərtēš-ē Žomhūri-yē Ēslâmi-yē Irân), officially abbreviated NEDAJA (Persian: نداجا), is the naval warfare service branch of Iran's regular military, the Islamic Republic of Iran Army ().
This is an index of equipment used by naval forces of Iran: List of equipment of the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; List of current ships of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy; lists above mention currently commissioned vessels. List of former Iranian naval vessels. List of Imperial Iranian Navy vessels active in 1979
The post-revolution sanctions and the Iran–Iraq War had a dramatic effect on Iran's inventory of Western equipment. Under the pressures of war, supplies were quickly exhausted and replacements became difficult to come by. The war forced Iran to turn towards Syria, Brazil and China to meet its short-term military needs. Initial developments in ...
Some time after the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the U.S. reported that Iran was supplying Russia with military drones. [58] Iran later confirmed the reports, though it denied the drones were meant to be used in the Ukraine war, and added that China was on the list of countries looking to import Iranian drones. [59] [60]
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN; Persian: نیروی دریایی سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, romanized: niru-ye daryâyi-e sepâh-e pâsdârân-e enghelâb-e eslâmi; officially abbreviated in Persian as NEDSA and also known as the Sepah Navy) is the naval warfare service of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps founded in 1985, and one of the two ...