The military history of Iran has been relatively well-documented, with thousands of years' worth of recorded history. Largely credited to its historically...

The history of Iran (or Persia, as it was known in the Western world) is intertwined with Greater Iran, a sociocultural region spanning from Anatolia to...

The Iranian Armed Forces, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces, are the combined military forces of Iran, comprising the Islamic Republic...

The history of the Iranian Air Force, currently known as the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, can be divided into two phases—before the Islamic Revolution...

Military history is the study of armed conflict in the history of humanity, and its impact on the societies, cultures and economies thereof, as well as...

conventional military of Iran and part of the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces. It is tasked to protect the territorial integrity of the country from...

The Iranian Navy traditionally located in the shallow waters of the Persian Gulf, has always been the smallest of the country's military forces. An Iranian...

city of Ray, Iran (near Shahr-e-Rey) as a military objective, not the large territory of which it was once capital ("Ragau" in the Apocryphal Book of Judith)...

illustrated history of the Islamic world. Francis Robinson, p. 72. Immortal: A Military History of Iran and Its Armed Forces. Steven R. Ward, p. 44. Iran and...

Iran's military industry manufactures and exports various types of arms and military equipment. Iran's military industry, under the command of Iran's...

The military forces of the Afsharid dynasty of Iran had their origins in the relatively obscure yet bloody inter-factional violence in Khorasan during...

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The military of Safavid Iran covers the military history of Safavid Iran from 1501 to 1736. It was the first Safavid king (shah), Ismail I (1501–1524)...

Tanks have been utilized in Iran both within the military and within several conflicts with their usage and origin after World War II; the Cold War; and...

the 24,400 troops in these four, separate, military units made up one of the weakest forces in Iranian history." After the First World War, the army had...

Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran or Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia was the joint invasion of the neutral Imperial State of Iran by the United Kingdom and...

and military superiority as well as its close relationships with the United States and Israel. The Iran–Iraq War followed a long-running history of territorial...

recent years, the Iranian government states that it has self-sufficiency in essential military hardware and defense systems. Iran established an arms...

Iran has supported Russia both diplomatically and militarily since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. It has voted against...

Corps Aerospace Force is the primary operator of Iran’s growing fleet of UAVs, although most Iranian military services employ them. Major General Bagheri in...

between the two sovereign states of Iran and Iraq. Both states have history that extends for millennia into the past. Iran and Iraq share a long border (the...

Domains of Iran, commonly referred to as Afsharid Iran or the Afsharid Empire, was an Iranian empire established by the Turkoman Afshar tribe in Iran's north-eastern...

Jewish military history focuses on the military aspect of history of the Jewish people from ancient times until the modern age. While complete details...

invasion of Iran began on 22 September 1980, sparking the Iran–Iraq War, and lasted until 5 December 1980. Iraq attacked under the impression that Iran would...

relations between Iran and Israel are divided into four major phases: the ambivalent period from 1947 to 1953, the friendly period during the era of the Pahlavi...

The history of military logistics goes back to Neolithic times. The most basic requirements of an army are food and water. Early armies were equipped with...

opportunity to launch an all-out invasion against Iran. Iran, therefore, created a new branch of military, called the IRGC, which was initially tasked with...

growth rate of over 20% and the highest level of development in telecommunication. Foreign Direct Investment in Iran (1970–2012) Iranian military expenditures...

branch of Iran's regular military, the Islamic Republic of Iran Army (Artesh). It is one of Iran's two maritime military branches, alongside the Navy of the...

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