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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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Syria is a country located in Middle East with an area of 185,180 km2 (land boundries: 2,363 km and costline 193 km). The capital of Syria is Damascus. The number of inhabitants is 17,500,657.

The SAF's inventory is comprised mostly of Russian and Soviet-era equipment. Russia has supplied nearly all of Syria's imported weapons systems, although China and Iran have also provided military equipment.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 10 billion $ 1.8 billion $
Percent of GDP: 2.1% 5%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 916 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 587,000 169,000
Reserve personnel: 200,000 0
Available for military: 23,619,215 11,550,000

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

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Tanks: 2,842 3,507
Armoured fighting vehicles: 3,555 4,639
Total artillery: 4,873 3,343
Self-propelled artillery: 1,030 502
Rocket artillery: 1,755 691

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: 973 470
Fighter aircraft: 112 108
Multirole aircraft: 75 29
Attack aircraft: 23 90
Helicopters: 519 171
UCAV (combat drone): 83 0

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 13,175 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 272 43
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 6 0
Corvettes: 3 0
Submarines: 19 0

Total naval

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

Iran

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Syria

Does not have nuclear weapons.

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.

Syria

18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation is 18 months; women are not conscripted but may volunteer to serve; re-enlistment obligation 5 years, with retirement after 15 years or age 40 or 20 years or age 45.