Khuzestan Vali-e-Asr Corps

Khuzestan Vali-e-Asr Corps
سپاه ولی عصر خوزستان
Country Iran
Branch Iranian Armed Forces
TypeProvincial Corps of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
SizeCorps
Garrison/HQAhvaz, Khuzestan province
Commanders
Current
commander		IRGC Brigadier General Hassan Shahvarpour[1]

The Khuzestan Vali-e-Asr Corps is a provincial military-security unit under Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC),[2] headquartered in Ahvaz. [3] It oversees all IRGC and Basij forces operating in Khuzestan Province. [4][5] The unit traces its origins to December 1981, with the creation of the 7th Vali-e-Asr Brigade during the Iran–Iraq War. [6] It became the Khuzestan Vali-e-Asr Corps in 2008, following the IRGC’s structural reforms that merged its Basij and Ground Forces units in the province.[7] Key subordinate units include:

  • 7th Vali-Asr Armored Division
  • 15th Imam Hassan Behbahan Special Forces Brigade
  • Hazrat Mahdi Andimeshk Ranger Brigade
  • 51st Hojjat Ahvaz Armored Brigade
  • 64th Al-Hadid Missile and Artillery Group

In addition, the 72nd Armored Brigade of Muharram Abadan from the IRGC Ground Forces and the 3rd Marine Region of Imam Hossein Nadsa from the IRGC Navy operate in coordination with the Corps. The Vali-e-Asr Corps also commands 29 Basij regional units—including those in Ahvaz, Dezful, Masjed-Soleiman, Abadan, Khorramshahr, Andimeshk, Izeh, Behbahan, Shushtar, Mahshahr, and Ramhormoz—as well as Jerusalem Rapid Reaction Battalions, Imam Ali Security Battalions, and Basij Imam Hossein and Al-Zahra units. [8] The Corps is currently commanded by Brigadier General Hassan Shahvarpour.[9][10][11]

References

  1. ↑ New Commander of the Guardian Angels' Corps in Khuzestan Introduced فرمانده جديد سپاه ولي‌عصر(عج) خوزستان معرفي شد isna.ir
  2. ↑ سپاه ولیعصر خوزستان در حوزه خدمت رسانی پیشتاز است. Young Journalists Club (in Persian). 27 July 2022. Archived from the original on 25 July 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  3. ↑ Khuzestan's Vali-e-Asr (A.S.) Corps won the top prize at the Malek Ashtar Festival سپاه ولی‌عصر (عج) خوزستان مقام برتر جشنواره مالک اشتر را کسب کرد defapress.ir
  4. ↑ The Commander of the Khuzestan Vali-e-Asr (AJ) Corps: Accessing modern technology is the only way to confront the enemy فرمانده سپاه ولیعصر (عج)خوزستان: دستیابی به فناوری روز تنها روش مقابله با دشمن است
  5. ↑ Khuzestan Guard Announcement on the Anniversary of the Establishment of this Institution اطلاعیه سپاه خوزستان به مناسبت سالگرد تاسیس این نهاد
  6. ↑ "The process of forming the 7th Division of the Revolutionary Guard" «روند شکل‌گیری لشکر ۷ ولیعصر سپاه» defamoghaddas.ir
  7. ↑ The plan to establish provincial corps طرح تأسیس سپاه‌های استانی
  8. ↑ The Khuzestan Vali-e-Asr Corps and the Khuzestan Warriors Are a Model سپاه حضرت ولیعصر خوزستان و رزمندگان خوزستانی الگو هستند
  9. ↑ The Commander of the Khuzestan Vali-e-Asr Corps Meets with the Families of the Martyrs دیدار فرمانده سپاه ولیعصر خوزستان با خانواده جانباختگان
  10. ↑ Commander of the Khuzestan Vali-e-Asr Guard: The enemy has targeted the values of sacred defense and the nation's beliefs فرمانده سپاه ولی عصر خوزستان : دشمن ارزش های دفاع مقدس و باور ملت را هدف قرار داده است
  11. ↑ همکاری سپاه و استانداری برای محرومیت‌زدایی در خوزستان mehrnews.com
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