Structure of the Iranian Army Ground Forces

The following article lists three Orders of Battle for the Iranian Army at different periods. Note, that this is not the order of battle of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards but of the regular ground forces (Artesh). The source is Globalsecurity.org for the first three lists, and http://thearkenstone.blogspot.co.nz/2009/12/identifying-units-of-iranian-armed.html for the final series of notes.

Army Order of Battle (Localities)

First Army HeadquartersTehran
Second Army HeadquartersEsfahan
Third Army HeadquartersShiraz
28th Mechanized DivisionKerman
35th Mechanized DivisionKhorramabad
84th Mechanized DivisionShiraz
2nd Armored DivisionDezful
16th Armored DivisionQazvin, Qasr-e Shirin region
18th Armored DivisionTehran
81st Armored DivisionKermanshah
88th Armored DivisionAhvaz
92nd Armored DivisionKhuzestan
30th Infantry DivisionTehran
40th Infantry DivisionHamadan
58th Infantry DivisionAhvaz
64th Infantry DivisionBandar 'E Mah Shahr
77th Infantry DivisionKhorasan
79th Infantry DivisionTabriz
84th Infantry DivisionLorestan
23rd Special Forces DivisionTehran
55th Parachute DivisionShiraz
351st SSM BrigadeTehran
75th Logistics Brigade
22nd Artillery Division
23rd Artillery Division
44th Artillery Division
55th Artillery Division

Army Order of Battle, c. 1998

Southern Operations Sector
(Dezful)		Northern Operations Sector
(Rezaiyeh)		Western Operations Sector
(Kermanshah)
81st/92nd? Armored Division28th Mechanized Infantry Division16th/18th? Armored Division
45th Commando Brigade64th Infantry Division81st Armored Division
40th Infantry Brigade84th Mechanized Infantry Division
25th Commando Brigade23rd Commando Division
11th Artillery Division35th Commando Brigade
58th Commando Brigade
22nd Artillery Division
23rd Artillery Division
44th Artillery Division
55th Artillery Division
411th Engineer Division
Eastern Operations Sector
(Birjand)		Airmobile Forces Group
88th Armored Division29th Commando Division (Airmobile)
30th Infantry Division55th Airborne Division
77th Infantry Division
Sources:

Imperial Army Order of Battle, c. 1970s

16th Armored Division Ghazvin
81st Armored Division Kermanshah
92nd Armored Division Khuzestan
88th Armored Division Sistan
1st Infantry Imperial Guard Division E. Azarbaijan (21st Infantry Div. after the Revolution)
2nd Imperial Guard Division E. Azarbaijan (21st Infantry Div. after the Revolution)
28th Infantry Division Kurdestan
30th Infantry Division Golestan
64th Infantry Division (Iran) W. Azerbaijan
77th Infantry Division Khorasan
84th Infantry Division Lorestan
55th Airborne Brigade Fars (Division during the war with Iraq)
65th Airborne Brigade Tehran (Division during the war with Iraq)
23rd Airborne Brigade (NOHED) Tehran (Division during the war with Iraq)
37th Armored Brigade Fars
11th Artillery Group E.Azarbaijan
22nd Artillery Group
33rd Artillery Group Tehran
44th Artillery Group
55th Artillery Group
99th Air Defence Group
4 Hawk missiles Battalions
Source: Imperial Iranian Ground Forces at Sarbazan

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