Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force information
Anti-aircraft and aerial defense service branch of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Base
The seal of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force
Founded
1933–1954 (Part of Ground Force)[1] 1954–2008 (Part of Air Force)[1] 2008–Present (As Separate Force)
Country
Iran
Type
Air defence
Size
17,000 (estimate)[2]
Part of
Artesh
Headquarters
Tehran
Motto(s)
Arabic: وَمَا رَمَيْتَ إِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلَـكِنَّ اللّهَ رَمَى "And You Did Not Throw When You Threw, But God Did Throw" [Quran 8:17]
March
April 18th
Anniversaries
September 1st
Engagements
Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
Iran–Iraq War
Arrest of Abdolmalek Rigi
U.S. RQ-170 capture
U.S. boats seizure
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752
Commanders
Commander
Brigadier General Alireza Sabahifard
Insignia
Official flag
Military unit
The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force (Persian: نیروی پدافند هوایی ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران, Niroo-yē Pədâfənd-ē Həvâi-yē Ərtēš-ē Žomhuri-yē Ēslâmi-yē Irân) is the anti-aircraft warfare service branch of Iran's regular military, the Islamic Republic of Iran Army (Artesh). It split from the air force (IRIAF) in 2008 and controls the country's military radar network.
^ abتاریخچه پدافند هوایی در ایران (in Persian), Islamic Republic of Iran Army, archived from the original on 2015-12-08, retrieved 15 December 2015
^Hossein Aryan (November 15, 2011), The Artesh: Iran's Marginalized and Under-Armed Conventional Military, Middle East Institute, archived from the original on 2016-01-11, retrieved December 15, 2015
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