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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy

This article is about the navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. For the navy of Iran's regular military, see Islamic Republic of Iran Navy.

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy
نیروی دریایی سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی
Founded17 September 1985 (1985-09-17)
Country Iran
TypeNavy, maritime land force
RoleNaval warfare, amphibious warfare
Size+20,000 (2020)[1]
Part ofIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
HeadquartersTehran[2]: 17 
Bandar Abbas[3]: 15 
Fleet
Engagements
Commanders
Current
commander		Commodore Alireza Tangsiri
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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN; Persian: نیروی دریایی سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, romanized: niru-ye daryâyi-e sepâh-e pâsdârân-e enghelâb-e eslâmi; officially abbreviated in Persian as NEDSA and also known as the Sepah Navy) is the naval warfare service of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps founded in 1985, and one of the two maritime forces of Iran, parallel to the conventional Islamic Republic of Iran Navy.[4] The IRGC has been designated as a terrorist organization by the governments of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United States.[5][6] IRGC's Navy has steadily improved its capabilities to support unconventional warfare and defend Iran's offshore facilities, coastlines, and islands in the Persian Gulf.[7][8]

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  3. ^ Iranian Naval Forces: A Tale of Two Navies (PDF), Office of Naval Intelligence, February 2017, ISBN 978-0160939686
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference The Iran Primer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Nicole Gaouette (8 April 2019). "Trump designates elite Iranian military force as a terrorist organization". CNN. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Saudi, Bahrain add Iran's IRGC to terror lists - SPA". euronews. 23 October 2018. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  7. ^ Hossein Aryan (15 November 2011), The Artesh: Iran's Marginalized and Under-Armed Conventional Military, Middle East Institute, retrieved 15 December 2015
  8. ^ "Iran navy heightens security in Gulf territorial waters". news.xinhuanet.com. Xinhua. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

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