27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division
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27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division (Persian: لشکر ۲۷ محمد رسولالله) was a division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces based in Tehran.[2][3]
It was established as the 27th Mohammad Rasulullah Brigade by Hossein Qajeyi, Ahmad Motevasselian and Mohammad Ebrahim Hemmat during the Iran–Iraq War, and was expanded into a division just before Operation Jerusalem.[4][5]
Describing the IRGC units during the Iran-Iraq war, then-commander-in-chief of IRGC Mohsen Rezaee says:[6]
We had four divisions that, anywhere they went, no [Iraqi] military force was able to resist against them. Haj Hemmat and [his] 27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division,[7] Hossein Kharrazi and [his] 14th Imam Hossein Division, Mehdi Bakeri and [his] 31st Ashura Division, Ahmad Kazemi and [his] 8th Najaf Division—which whenever they entered, it resulted in success without exception.
Sepah-e Muhammad Rasoul Allah
[edit | edit source]The division was merged with the Basij of Tehran to form the Mohammad Rasulullah Corps of Greater Tehran during the rearrangement of the IRGC units in 2008.[8] The Sepah-e Muhammad Rasoul Allah, the Sepah-e Sayyed al-Shohada and the Sepah-e Imam Hassan Mojtaba are controlled by the Sarallah Security Headquarters.[9]
Operational forces
[edit | edit source]The Sepah-e Muhammad Rasoul Allah performs military missions through the 27th Mechanized Infantry Operational Division. The Division is a cadre formation, consisting of four battalions. For combat operations, the 27th Division and the 10th and 23rd divisions are augmented by twenty-four Basij Imam Hussein battalions and four Sabirin quick-reaction units.[9]
Basij Imam Hussein battalions are staffed with full-time and salaried Basiji.[10][11]
Security units
[edit | edit source]The metropolitan territory of Tehran is subdivided into 23 municipalities. In each Municipality there is a Basij Resistance District:[9]
- 23 Basij Resistance Districts: each Basij Resistance District controls one Imam Ali Battalion, tasked with riot control and suppression.
- Basij Resistance Precincts: each Basij Resistance Precinct controls two all-male Beit al-Muqaddas Battalions and one all-female Kowsar Battalion.[12] These part-time units are tasked with cultural and cyber operations, urban defense, and search-and-rescue/relief operations.
- Basij Resistance Bases: Basij Resistance Bases are scattered around neighborhoods in mosques, ministries, schools, and other sites.[13] Within each Base, there are two all-male Ashura battalions and one all-female al-Zahra battalion.[14] These units are tasked with cultural and cyber operations, urban defense, and search-and-rescue/relief operations but are staffed with personnel older than Beit al-Muqaddas and all-female Kowsar Battalions.
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When deployed, they answer directly to the provincial corps and operate under four citywide IRGC security units:[9]
- Valiasr;
- Hazrat-e Mojtaba;
- Imam Hadi;
- Imam Reza.
These units in turn report to Hazrat-e Zahra and All-e Muhammad brigades, attached to the Sepah-e Muhammad Rasoul Allah.
Other units
[edit | edit source]Tehran's cultural terrain is ìmonitored by Sepah-e Muhammad Rasoul Allah's "Cyberspace Cultural Operations Battalions".[9]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ A look at the performance of the 27th Division of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) نگاهی به عملکرد لشکر 27 محمد رسولالله(ص)
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- ^ Mohammad Rasulullah Division سپاه محمد رسولالله
- ^ Anniversary of the establishment of the 27th Brigade of Hazrat Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) سالروز تأسیس تیپ ۲۷ حضرت محمدرسولالله (ص)
- ^ The commanders of the 27th Division were martyred both in the sacred defense and in the defense of the shrine فرماندهان لشکر ۲۷ هم در دفاع مقدس هم در دفاع از حرم شهید دادند
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- ^ The 27th Division has the most martyred commanders in the sacred defense لشکر ۲۷ بیشترین فرماندهان شهید را در دفاعمقدس دارد
- ^ The Corps of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) Greater Tehran سپاه حضرت محمد رسول الله (ص) تهران بزرگ
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- ^ Details of the activities of the Tehran Basij security units جزئیاتفعالیت یگانهای امنیتی بسیجتهران
- ^ The Greater Tehran Corps has a large combat, security and urban structure سپاه تهران بزرگ ساختار رزمی - امنیتی و شهری بزرگی دارد
- ^ The Ashura and Al-Zahra Battalions are becoming two specialized battalions گردانهای عاشورا و الزهرا به دوگردان تخصصی تبدیل می شوند
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