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The Axis of Resistance is informal military alliance between Iran, Palestine, Syria and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. They are unified by their goal of opposing NATO, Israeli and Saudi Arabian activities in the region.

Iran is a country located in Middle East with an area of 1,648,195 km2 (land boundries: 5,894 km and costline 2,440 km - note: Iran also borders the Caspian Sea (740 km)). The capital of Iran is Tehran. The number of inhabitants is 83,183,741.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was formed in May 1979. The IRGC was a highly institutionalized and parallel military force to Iran’s regular armed forces. The Iranian military's inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced and mostly older foreign equipment largely of Chinese, Russian, Soviet, and US origin. Iran has a defense industry with the capacity to develop, produce, support, and sustain air, land, missile, and naval weapons programs.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 26.8 billion $ 25 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 2.5%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 816 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 779,000 610,000
Reserve personnel: 350,000 350,000
Available for military: 35,169,215 23,619,215

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 6,349 2,842
Armoured fighting vehicles: 8,194 3,555
Total artillery: 8,216 4,873
Self-propelled artillery: 1,532 1,030
Rocket artillery: 2,446 1,755

Tanks

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Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
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Air Forces

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Total aircraft: 1,443 973
Fighter aircraft: 220 112
Multirole aircraft: 104 75
Attack aircraft: 113 23
Helicopters: 690 519
UCAV (combat drone): 83 83

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 12,930 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 315 272
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 6 6
Corvettes: 3 3
Submarines: 19 19

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

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Data not available

Iran

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

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Iran

18 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of age for volunteers; 17 years of age for Law Enforcement Forces; 15 years of age for Basij Forces (Popular Mobilization Army); conscript military service obligation is 18 months; women exempt from military service.