Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces (Persian: نیروی زمینی سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی), acronymed NEZSA (Persian: نزسا), are the land force which the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), maintain in parallel to the regular army of Iran. In addition to their conventional military role, the revolutionary guards' ground forces are more geared towards internal disorder than the regular army. However, in late 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. There are at least around 150,000 IRGC Ground Force troops.

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces
نیروی زمینی سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی
FoundedActual: 1980 (1980)
Official: 17 September 1985 (1985-09-17)
Country Iran
BranchLand force
Size≈150,000 (2020)
Part ofIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
EngagementsIran–Iraq War
Syrian Civil War
Commanders
Current
commander
Brig. Gen. Mohammad Pakpour
Insignia
Flag
Flag of armored units

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.

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