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The following article lists three Orders of Battle for the Iranian Army at different periods. Note, that this is not the order of battle of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards but of the regular ground forces (Artesh).

(Taken from Globalsecurity.org)

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Army Order of Battle (Localities)

First Army Headquarters Tehran
Second Army Headquarters Esfahan
Third Army Headquarters Shiraz
28th Mechanized Division Kerman
84th Mechanized Division Khorramabad
18th Armored Division Tehran
81st Armored Division Qazvin, Qasr-e Shirin region
88th Armored Division Ahvaz
30th Infantry Division Tehran
40th Infantry Division Hamadan
58th Infantry Division Ahvaz
64th Infantry Division Bandar 'E Mah Shahr
77th Infantry Division Tabriz
23rd Special Forces Division Tehran
55th Parachute Division Tehran
351st SSM Brigade Tehran
75th Logistics Brigade





Army Order of Battle, circa 1998

Southern Operations Sector
(Dezful)
Northern Operations Sector
(Rezaiyeh)
Western Operations Sector
(Kermanshah)
81st/92nd? Armored Division 28th Mechanized Infantry Division 16th/18th? Armored Division
45th Commando Brigade 64th Infantry Division 81st Armored Division
40th Infantry Brigade 84th Mechanized Infantry Division
25th Commando Brigade 23rd Commando Division
11th Artillery Division 35th Commando Brigade
58th Commando Brigade
22nd Artillery Division
23rd Artillery Division
44th Artillery Division
55th Artillery Division
411th Engineer Division
Eastern Operations Sector
(Birjand)
Airmobile Forces Group
88th Armored Division 29th Commando Division (Airmobile)
30th Infantry Division 55th Airborne Division
77th Infantry Division
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Imperial Army Order of Battle, circa 1970s

16th Armored Division Ghazvin
81st Armored Division Kermanshah
92nd Armored Division Khuzestan
88th Armored Division Sistan
1st Infantry Imperial Guard Division E. Azarbaijan (21st Infantry Div. after the Revolution)
2nd Imperial Guard Division E. Azarbaijan (21st Infantry Div. after the Revolution)
28th Infantry Division Kurdestan
30th Infantry Division Golestan
64th Infantry Division W. Azarbaijan
77th Infantry Division Khorasan
84th Infantry Division Lorestan
55th Airborne Brigade Fars (Division during the war with Iraq)
56th Airborne Brigade Tehran (Division during the war with Iraq)
23rd Airborne Division (NOHED) Tehran
37th Armored Brigade Fars
11th Artillery Group E.Azarbaijan
22nd Artillery Group
33rd Artillery Group Tehran
44th Artillery Group
55th Artillery Group
99th Air Defence Group
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