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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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Italy is a country located in Southern Europe with an area of 301,338 km2 (land boundries: 1,836.4 km and costline 7,600 km). The capital of Italy is Rome. The number of inhabitants is 60,317,116.

Italy is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. The Italian Armed Forces inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced, jointly-produced, and imported weapons systems, mostly from Europe and the United State. The Italian defense industry is capable of producing equipment across all the military domains with particular strengths in naval vessels and aircraft

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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10 billion $
32.7 billion $

Percent of GDP

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2.1 %
1.5 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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587,000
165,500

Reserve personnel

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200,000
18,300

Available for military

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23,619,215
13,865,688

Land Forces

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Tanks

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2,842
200
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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3,555
3,792
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Total artillery

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4,873
193
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Self-propelled artillery

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1,030
64
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Rocket artillery

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1,755
21

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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973
675
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Fighter

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112
93
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Multirole

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75
83
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Attack

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23
14
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Helicopters

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519
406
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UCAV (combat drone)

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83
5

Navy

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Total naval

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272
200
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Aircraft carriers

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0
2
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Destroyers

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0
3
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Frigates

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6
15
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Corvettes

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3
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Submarines

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19
8

Nuclear weapons

Iran

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Italy

Italy participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.

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.

Italy

18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; women may serve in any military branch; Italian citizenship required; 1-year service obligation.