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14th Imam Hossein Brigade | |
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لشکر 14 امام حسین (ع) | |
Active | 1979–present |
Country | Islamic Republic of Iran |
Branch | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps |
Type | Infantry |
Size | Division |
Garrison/HQ | Isfahan |
Nickname(s) | " Imam Hossein" (امام حسین (ع)) |
Engagements | |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders |
Hossein Kharrazi Mostafa Raddanipoor |
14th Imam Hossein Division ( Persian: لشکر 14 امام حسین (ع)) is a division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
It was first officially organized as the 3rd Imam Hossein Brigade during the Iran–Iraq War, just before Operation Tariq al-Qods. Its units had participated in various rebellions in Iran after the 1979 Revolution, and the soldiers of the division were predominantly from the Isfahan Province. It was later expanded into a division. It participated in various key operations and battles in the Iran-Iraq war.
Describing the IRGC units during the Iran-Iraq war, then-commander-in-chief of IRGC Mohsen Rezaei says: [1]
We had four divisions that, anywhere they went, no [Iraqi] military force was able to resist against them. Haj Hemmat and [his] 27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division, Hossein Kharrazi and [his] 14th Imam Hossein Division, Mehdi Bakeri and [his] 31st Ashura Division, Ahmad Kazemi and [his] 8th Najaf Division—which whenever they entered, it resulted in success without exception.