East Azarbaijan Province West Azarbaijan Province Ardabil Province
Nickname(s)
"Ashura" (عاشورا)
Engagements
1979 Kurdish Rebellion Iran–Iraq War
First Battle of al-Faw
Commanders
Commander in Chief
Governor-General Zeinolabedin Razavi Khorram
Notable commanders
Mohammad Ali Jaafari Mehdi Bakeri Amin Shari'ati Ali Tajalaei (deputy) Nader Ghazipour Hamid Bakeri (deputy) Dr.Mansour Haghdoust (deputy)
Military unit
31st Ashura Division (Persian: لشکر 31 عاشورا) was a division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. It covers the provinces of East Azarbaijan, West Azarbaijan, and Ardabil.
It was first officially organized as the 1st Ashura Brigade (Persian: تیپ 1 عاشورا) under command of Mohammad Ali Jaafari during Iran–Iraq War, just before Operation Muharram. Its units had participated in various clashes after the 1979 Revolution. The brigade was later expanded into 31st Ashura Division. It participated in various operations of the Iran–Iraq War. Its notable commander was Mehdi Bakeri After Bakeri's death in Operation Badr, Amin Shari'ati was appointed as its new commander.
The division was merged with the Basij of East Azerbaijan Province to form the East Azerbaijan Ashura Provincial Corps during the rearrangement of the IRGC units in 2008.
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