Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy information
Maritime service branch of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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
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
Fleet
c. 126 surface warfare vessels
5 amphibious vessels
3 auxiliary ships
3,000–5,000 speedboats
Engagements
Iran–Iraq War
• Bridgeton incident
2004 arrest of Royal Navy personnel
2007 arrest of Royal Navy personnel
2008 stand-off with U.S. warships
2015 seizure of Maersk Tigris
2016 arrest of U.S. Navy personnel
2019 seizure of Stena Impero
Commanders
Current commander
Commodore Alireza Tangsiri
Insignia
Ensign
Flag
Military unit
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]
^The International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) (2020). "Middle East and North Africa". The Military Balance 2020. Vol. 120. Routledge. pp. 348–352. doi:10.1080/04597222.2020.1707968. ISBN 9780367466398. S2CID 219624897.
^Haghshenass, Fariborz (September 2008), Iran's Asymmetric Naval Warfare(PDF) (Policy Focus), Washington Institute for Near East Policy, archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2019, retrieved 6 February 2016
^Iranian Naval Forces: A Tale of Two Navies(PDF), Office of Naval Intelligence, February 2017, ISBN 978-0160939686
^Cite error: The named reference The Iran Primer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^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.
^"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.
^Hossein Aryan (15 November 2011), The Artesh: Iran's Marginalized and Under-Armed Conventional Military, Middle East Institute, retrieved 15 December 2015
^"Iran navy heightens security in Gulf territorial waters". news.xinhuanet.com. Xinhua. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
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