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significance over the past decade, with the IRGCN still recognised as the foremost –though by no means only– practitioner of small boat 'swarm' tactics that combine speed, mass, co-ordinated manoeuvre, low radar signature, and concealment. Moreover, the IRGCN has continued to invest significantly in FIAC platforms and weapons and to exercise this capability regularly in wargames in the Gulf.
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In 2019, the IRGC Navy allegedly carried out a series of attacks on international vessels in the Gulf of Oman and seized vessels taking them to Iran. As a result the United States started the International Maritime Security Construct (IMSC) which increases overall surveillance and security in key
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Iranian officials and military commanders later downplayed the incidents as normal and denied having sent the radio transmission. After the US released a video showing Iranian speedboats swarming US ships in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran released its own video of the incident after suggesting the US
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Indeed, the IRGCN's unconventional use of these craft in the Gulf's 'tanker wars' of the late 1980s can in hindsight be seen as marking the birth of the fast inshore attack craft (FIAC) in the modern era. However, there is no doubt that the asymmetric surface threat has taken on increased
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overlap functions and areas of responsibility, but they are distinct in terms of how they are trained and equipped— and more importantly also in how they fight. The Revolutionary Guards Navy has a large inventory of small fast attack craft, and specializes in
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estimated IRGC had a fleet of 1,000 speedboats that was growing. As of 2011, estimates ranged widely from "hundreds" to "several thousand". The number was put between 3,000 to 5,000 vessels according to most recent reports in 2020.
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Strategists have speculated that Iran could use its fleet of 3,000 to 5,000 speedboats to mount swarming attacks on larger warships in the confined waters of the Persian Gulf, though this concept remains
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The corps has a warfare organization for civilian Iranian citizens fleet since 2019, they will help fight wars and combat contraband and smuggling too.
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The forces are known with their official abbreviation in Persian, "NEDSA". In maritime radio communications, it is addressed as "Sepah Navy".
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crashing. Iran lost 1 frigate (45 crew members killed), 1 gunboat (11 crew members killed), 3 speedboats, 1 frigate, and 2 platforms.
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that combine speed, mass, co-ordinated manoeuvre, low radar signature, and concealment" among naval forces of the world.
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This article is about the navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. For the navy of Iran's regular military, see
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Singh, Abhijit (2010), "Dark Chill in the Persian Gulf – Iran's Conventional and Unconventional Naval Forces",
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were seized by forces of the Revolutionary Guards' Navy while training Iraqi river patrol personnel in the
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force at sea, and maintains large arsenals of coastal defense and anti-ship cruise missiles and mines.
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The International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) (2020). "Middle East and North Africa".
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Covert Relationship: American Foreign Policy, Intelligence, and the Iran-Iraq War, 1980–1988
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On 12 January 2016, 10 American sailors were apprehended by IRGC officials off the coast of
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In 2022, the IRGCN had unveiled a new uniform ditching its usual green in favor of white.
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was appointed as the commander of the naval forces. The navy was tasked to operate in the
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The twilight war : the secret history of America's thirty-year conflict with Iran
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below 10 tonnes, the exact number of which is unknown. Back in 2007, the U.S.
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Iran Military Power: Ensuring Regime Survival and Securing Regional Dominance
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The Revolutionary Guards in Iranian Politics: Elites and Shifting Relations
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In addition to the vessels mentioned above, IRGC operates a fleet of armed
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waterways in the Middle East, according to the Deputy Secretary of Defense
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On 7 January 2008, US officials claimed five Iranian speedboats 'harassed'
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Based on the IISS report, as of 2020 Iranian aircraft inventory includes:
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Reducing Pressure on Iran's Revolutionary Guards Raises Risks for America
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Firing Nasr-1 Missile from a truck launcher in Velayat-90 Naval Exercise
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List of equipment of the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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to escort Kuwaiti tankers. As a response, IRGC ordered mining west of
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The Artesh: Iran's Marginalized and Under-Armed Conventional Military
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Iranian anti-access and area denial strategy in the Strait of Hormuz
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Maritime service branch of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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were seized by forces of the Revolutionary Guards' Navy in the
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on the route of the very first caravan—the Kuwaiti supertanker
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US releases new images from suspected attacks on Gulf tankers
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List of commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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Iranian republican guard seizes foreign oil tanker persian
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nearest to the camera. Other speedboats also in picture.
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and defend Iran's offshore facilities, coastlines, and
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founded in 1985, and one of the two maritime forces of
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Elliott Abrams and Behnam Ben Taleblu (7 April 2022),
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Pentagon Video on Iran-US Confrontation a Clumsy Fake
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niru-ye daryâyi-e sepâh-e pâsdârân-e enghelâb-e eslâmi
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and by 1987 were able to play an active role against
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps military branches
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On 23 March 2007, fifteen sailors and 414: 323:نیروی دریایی سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی 47:نیروی دریایی سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی 2847: 2838: 2784: 2653:Gulf III: Iran's Power in the Sea Lanes 2497: 1952:, medium-range anti-ship cruise missile 1588:considers this class of vessel PTFG or 574:Engagements with the United States Navy 337:; officially abbreviated in Persian as 14: 3772: 3285:Iran's Two Navies: A Maturing Maritime 3224: 3222: 3220: 3218: 3216: 3214: 3212: 3210: 3152: 3129: 3089:(2), Jane's Information Group: 20–27, 2898: 2892: 2612: 311:Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy 42:Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy 3432: 3341: 3332: 3282: 3073: 2977: 2871: 2865: 2171: 2192: 2091:Intelligence Protection Organization 1582:Unlike IISS categorization of PBFG, 1267: 1095:Vice Cmdr. Hossein-Ali Zamani Pajouh 456:including navy. Shortly afterwards, 364:. The IRGC has been designated as a 3258:Capaccio, Anthony (25 April 2020), 3207: 2185: 2182: 1801: 1797:, wing-in-ground effect air vehicle 547:On 21 June 2004, eight sailors and 514:escorted by four US warships—which 322: 223:2007 arrest of Royal Navy personnel 218:2004 arrest of Royal Navy personnel 24: 3712: 2738:Hossein Aryan (15 November 2011), 2485:List of marines and similar forces 1599: 1245:List of naval ship classes of Iran 241:2016 arrest of U.S. Navy personnel 25: 3811: 3653:Immigration & Passport Police 3484:General Staff of the Armed Forces 3479:Supreme National Security Council 3424: 2978:Starr, Barbara (7 January 2008). 2953:"UK sailors captured at gunpoint" 2650:Michael Connell (12 March 2013), 1576: 1418: 1383: 1290: 450:Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 354:Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 228:2008 stand-off with U.S. warships 137:Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 3754: 3753: 3460: 2800:, Springer Nature, p. 222, 2798:Iran, Revolution, and Proxy Wars 2719:from the original on 10 May 2019 2689:from the original on 14 May 2019 2677:Nicole Gaouette (8 April 2019). 2658:United States Institute of Peace 2464: 2414: 2369: 2328: 2287: 2242: 2204: 2024: 1980: 1968: 1782: 1639:Zulfighar class air-defence boat 1287:Patrol boats/Small surface ships 1264:(IISS), the inventory includes: 1255: 1196:Zulfighar class Air-Defence boat 915: 901: 887: 873: 859: 845: 831: 817: 803: 789: 782: 708: 696: 684: 670: 658: 646: 296: 284: 83: 3406: 3395: 3377: 3300: 3276: 3251: 3196: 3182: 3067: 3055: 3043: 3031: 3013: 2998: 2971: 2945: 2919: 2878:. 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Mansour Ravankar 516:successfully hit the tanker 491:and surprise attacks using 421:Shahadat Maritime Manoeuvre 386:islands in the Persian Gulf 333: 10: 3816: 2852:, Routledge, p. 121, 2447:6 years, 28 days 2229:5 years, 67 days 2162: 2127:Amir Al-Momenin University 1956:Persian Gulf (Khalij Fars) 1898:Coastal anti-ship missiles 1791:, swimmer delivery vehicle 1248: 1238: 630: 577: 536: 426: 403: 399: 29: 3749: 3723: 3710: 3676: 3618: 3611: 3579: 3541: 3508: 3501: 3492: 3474: 3083:Jane's Navy International 2543:The Military Balance 2020 2087:Intelligence Organization 1831: 1520: 1494: 1450: 1285: 1227:MIL 40 speedboat shooting 1162:Shahid Soleymani corvette 1129:Cdr. Seyyed-Mehdi Mousavi 1109:Samen al-Hojaj Naval Base 1050: 997:Vice Cmdr. Yadollah Badin 945: 941:Location of headquarters 751:fast inshore attack craft 487:, IRGC started employing 411:Iran–Iraq War (1985–1988) 292: 278: 273: 260: 255: 196: 156: 142: 132: 124: 110: 96: 78: 60: 51: 46: 41: 2905:. 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Index

Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Islamic Republic of Iran Navy

Iran
Navy
maritime land force
Naval warfare
amphibious warfare
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Tehran
Bandar Abbas
Fleet
surface warfare vessels
amphibious vessels
auxiliary ships
speedboats
Iran–Iraq War
Bridgeton incident
2004 arrest of Royal Navy personnel
2007 arrest of Royal Navy personnel
2008 stand-off with U.S. warships
2015 seizure of Maersk Tigris
2016 arrest of U.S. Navy personnel
Alireza Tangsiri
Ensign


Persian
romanized
naval warfare

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