Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy
Maritime service branch of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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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نیروی دریایی سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی | |
Founded | 17 September 1985 (38 years ago) (1985-09-17) |
Country | Iran |
Type | Navy, maritime land force |
Role | Naval warfare, amphibious warfare |
Size | +20,000 (2020)[1] |
Part of | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps |
Headquarters | Tehran[2]: 17 Bandar Abbas[3]: 15 |
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Current commander | Commodore Alireza Tangsiri |
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