Islamic Republic of Iran Army

Islamic Republic of Iran Army
Islamic Republic of Iran Army
ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران
	Seal of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army
	Flags of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army
Motto	Arabic: وَإِنَّ جُنْدنَا لَهُمْ الْغَالِبُونَ "And Our Soldiers, They Verily Would Be the Victors." [Quran 37:173] (Heraldry slogan); Persian: ارتش فدای ملت "Army Sacrificed for the Nation" (unofficial); Persian: خدا، شاه، ميهن "God, Shah, Motherland" (pre-1979);
Founded	550 BC (as Achaemenid army); 1501 (as Safavid army); 1921;
Current form	1979 (Islamic Republic)
Service branches	Ground Forces (NEZAJA); Air Defense Force (NEPAJA); Air Force (NAHAJA); Navy (NEDAJA);
Headquarters	Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, Tehran
Website	aja.ir
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	Maj. Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi
Deputy Commander-in-Chief	Brig. Gen. Mohammad-Hossein Dadras
Personnel
Military age	18
Conscription	21 months
Active personnel	377,000 310,000 (Ground Force); 30,000 (Air Force); 20,000 (Navy); 17,000 (Air Defense);
Expenditures
Budget	$1.84 billion (2024)
Related articles
History	Military history of Iran; History of the Iranian Air Force; History of the Iranian Navy;
Ranks	Rank insignia of the Iranian military

The Islamic Republic of Iran Army (Persian: ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران), acronymed AJA (Persian: آجا), simply known as the Iranian Army or the Artesh (Persian: ارتش, romanized: Arteš), is the 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 external and internal threats and to project power.

The Artesh has its own Joint Staff which coordinates its four separate service branches: the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces, the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy and the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force.

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