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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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The Arab League (League of Arab States) is a regional organization in the Arab world. the League has 22 members, but Syria's participation has been suspended since November 2011. Current members: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. The Joint Defence Council of the Arab League is one of the Institutions of the Arab League. The Arab League as an organisation has no military Force but they establish a peacekeeping force.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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10 billion $
124 billion $

Percent of GDP

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2.1 %
0 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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587,000
1,428,550

Reserve personnel

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200,000
1,617,000

Available for military

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23,619,215
68,012,996

Land Forces

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Tanks

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2,842
7,992
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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3,555
33,885
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Total artillery

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4,873
9,970
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Self-propelled artillery

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1,030
2,372
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Rocket artillery

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1,755
2,169

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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973
3,859
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Fighter

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112
185
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Multirole

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75
603
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Attack

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23
314
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Helicopters

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519
1,446
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UCAV (combat drone)

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83
52

Navy

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Total naval

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272
493
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Aircraft carriers

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0
2
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Destroyers

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0
0
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Frigates

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6
25
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Corvettes

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3
30
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Submarines

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19
8

Nuclear weapons

Iran

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Arab League

Data not available

Military service

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.

Arab League

Data not available