Back جيش الجمهورية الإسلامية الإيرانية Arabic İran Ordusu Azerbaijani ایران ایسلام جومهوریتی‌نین قوشونو AZB سوپای کۆماری ئیسلامیی ئێران CKB Íránská armáda Czech Ejército de la República Islámica de Irán Spanish ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران Persian Armée de la république islamique d'Iran French צבא איראן HE Esercito della Repubblica Islamica dell'Iran Italian

Islamic Republic of Iran Army

Islamic Republic of Iran Army
ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران
ARTEŠE JOMHURIYE ESLÂMIYE IRÂN
Seal of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army
Flags of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army
Motto
  • Persian: ارتش فدای ملت "Army Sacrificed for the Nation" (unofficial)[4]
  • Persian: خدا، شاه، ميهن "God, Shah, Motherland" (pre-1979)[5]
  • Arabic: وَإِنَّ جُنْدنَا لَهُمْ الْغَالِبُونَ "And Our Soldiers, They Verily Would Be the Victors." [Quran 37:173] (Heraldry slogan)
Founded
Current form1979 (1979) (Islamic Republic of Iran)
Service branches
HeadquartersKhatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, Tehran
Websiteaja.ir
Leadership
Commander-in-ChiefMaj. Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi
Deputy Commander-in-ChiefBrig. Gen. Mohammad-Hossein Dadras
Personnel
Military age18[6]
Conscription21 months
Active personnel339,000[7]
  • 299,000 (Ground Force)
  • 20,000 (Air Force)
  • 10,000 (Navy)
  • 10,000 (Air Defense)
Expenditure
Budget$18.4 billion (2024)[8]
Related articles
History
RanksRank insignia of the Iranian military

The Islamic Republic of Iran Army[9] (Persian: ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران), acronymed AJA (Persian: آجا), simply known as the Iranian Army or the Artesh (Persian: ارتش, romanized: Arteš,(Ərteš)), is the conventional military of Iran and part of the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces.[10] It is tasked to protect the territorial integrity of the country from external and internal threats and to project power.[10]

The Artesh has its own Joint Staff[11] 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.[10]

In addition to the army (Artesh), Iran also maintains the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a separate military force established after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The IRGC is tasked with safeguarding the ideological foundations of the Islamic Republic and defending the regime against internal and external threats. It operates its own ground, naval, and air units, as well as the elite Quds Force, which is responsible for extraterritorial operations. The IRGC functions independently of the Artesh and often holds significant influence in strategic, security, and economic affairs within the country.

The dual military structure of the Artesh and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has led to structural inefficiencies, these include overlapping command hierarchies, redundant logistics networks, and parallel military systems across all service branches. This setup has been criticized for its lack of transparency, limited parliamentary oversight, and its questionable contribution to national defense.[12]

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  2. ^ Cronin, Stephanie (2012), The Making of Modern Iran: State and Society under Riza Shah, 1921-1941, Routledge, pp. 37–38, ISBN 978-1136026942
  3. ^ Sheikh-ol-Islami, M. J. (August 12, 2011) [December 15, 1986]. "ARMY v. Pahlavi Period". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. 5. Vol. II. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 508–514. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  4. ^ "Army Sacrificed for the Nation", Hamshahri (in Persian), 16 April 2008, 48998, retrieved 1 June 2017
  5. ^ Ward, Steven R. (2014), Immortal, Updated Edition: A Military History of Iran and Its Armed Forces, Georgetown University Press, p. 209, ISBN 9781626160651
  6. ^ "How I learned to stop worrying and love the Iranian army", Tehran Bureau, The Guardian, 23 July 2015, retrieved 25 October 2017
  7. ^ International Institute for Strategic Studies (15 February 2023). The Military Balance 2023. London: Routledge. pp. 324–328. ISBN 9781032508955.
  8. ^ Rome, Henry (17 June 2020), "Iran's Defense Spending", The Iran Primer, The United States Institute for Peace[dead link]
  9. ^ Army in the Passage of History: Annals, Revolution, the Holy Defense (in Persian). University of Command and Staff. 2012 [1391]. p. 48. ISBN 978-964-2523-38-2.
  10. ^ a b c Simon, Rita J.; Abdel-Moneim, Mohamed Alaa (2011), A Handbook of Military Conscription and Composition the World Over, Lexington Books, pp. 152–153, ISBN 978-0739167526
  11. ^ Hossein Aryan (November 15, 2011), The Artesh: Iran's Marginalized and Under-Armed Conventional Military, Middle East Institute, retrieved December 15, 2015
  12. ^ "Two Armies, One People and No Security". www.visegrad24.com. 2025. Retrieved 2025-05-09.

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