14th Imam Hossein Division

14th Imam Hossein Division (Persian: لشکر 14 امام حسین (ع)‎) is a division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

14th Imam Hossein Brigade
لشکر 14 امام حسین (ع)
Country Islamic Republic of Iran
BranchIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision
Garrison/HQIsfahan
Nickname(s)"Imam Hossein" (امام حسین (ع))
EngagementsIran–Iraq War
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Hossein Kharrazi
Hujjat-ul-Islam Mostafa Raddanipoor

It was first officially organized as the 3rd Imam Hossein Brigade during Iran–Iraq War, just before Operation Tariq al-Qods. Its units had participated in various clashes after the 1979 Revolution, and its fighters were mostly from the Isfahan province. It was later expanded into a division. It participated in various key operations of 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.

References
  1. سلیمانی, وحید. "شهيد احمد کاظمي، دٌر غلطان سپاه". www.tabnak.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  2. "معرفي و نحوه تشکيل لشکر 14 امام حسين (عليه السلام)". Lashkar14.ir. Archived from the original on 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2016-11-16.


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