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Paramilitary 40,000-60,000 personnel. Law-Enforcement Forces 40,000 – 60,000 (border and security troops); 450,000 on mobilisation (incl conscripts)
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN PARAMILITARY AVIATION
Forces by Role & Equipment by Type
• AIRCRAFT No combat capable. Total 2+ Aircrafts.
Transport sqn with some Tpt ac:
2 Iran-140;
? Cessna 185 Skywagon
? Cessna 310
• HELICOPTER No armed capable. Total 24 Helicopters.
Utility sqn with 24 Utl hel:
Agusta Bell AB-205A-1 Iroquois; (Bell 205)
Agusta Bell AB-206 JetRanger (Bell 206);
• FACILITIES
Paramilitary Aviation Main Headquarters: HQ Located at Tehran
Paramilitary Forces by Role (Current order of battle) & Organisations by Service Notes:
Part of armed forces in wartime
• Patrol and Coastal Combatants 130 (Misc Boats/Craft 40 harbour craft PCI 90)
• Basij Resistance Force up to 1,000,000 personnel on mobilisation: Paramilitary militia, with claimed membership of 12.6 million, including women and children; perhaps 1 million combat capable; in the process of closer integration with Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces. Militia 2,500 bn (claimed); some (full time)
• BASU ('Popular Mobilization Army') (Reserves) ~300,000 peacetime volunteers, mostly youths; strength up to 1,000,000 during periods of offensive ops. Small arms only; org into ~900 battalions, but not currently embodied for military operations
LAW-ENFORCEMENT FORCES (Ministry of Interior) ~40,000 including border-guard elements; about 90 patrol inshore, 40 harbor craft
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