Force Structures

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Iran's military power rests with the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), which is chaired by the president, who has no operational functions but performs administrative tasks. The council works out the mechanics of all military operations, subject to the supreme commander of all armed services, the Ayatollah Khamenei. The Ayatollah appoints and removes all military commanders, and control of the military flows through him

Iran has three separate military organizations. The...

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