Talk:Islamic Republic of Iran Army

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Deleted POV: "At the time, it was the world's 5th strongest army." Maurreen 08:44, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I reinserted the statement...I don't seen what's POV about stating that Iran's army was the 5th largest in numbers and thus, the 5th strongest in raw numerical strength. Maybe the sentence requires some clarification, but then, the whole article requires some hefty expansion work... -- Ferkelparade π 09:53, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Seconded--Sennaista 00:20, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

This logo image does not belong to the Army! this is the logo of the ministry of defense, which is quite differnt from the army's logo. It even says so in Persian text right under the logo: Ministry of Defense and Logistics --28 Feb 2006.

Fixed it User:ArmanJan


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ArmanJan, this doesn't make sense: "Its low amount of active duty soldiers may be explained by it not requiring compulsory military service and requiring only two years of active duty." Why is 420,000 troops a "low amount"? What are you trying to say? PRRfan 00:40, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

For a country the size of Iran, I would say that is low, yes. However, I forgot that Iran also has the IRGC with 350.000+ soldiers and 100.000 reserves. This whole two armed forces thing is even confusing me. :) ArmanJan 00:57, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The basij - total troop strength

the basij can only mobilize about 1 million troops.. the 11 million number is misleading as it includes grandfathers and children ect.. and is not a verified number. the 1 million number is more accurate as to actual useful combat avail forces.

it doesn't include grandfathers and children all men from 18 to 45 are 1/5 of irans population that is 14,000,000

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Why is the same Janes article quoted four times? 145.253.108.22 11:43, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

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