Iranian Army

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1 Introduction
2 Manpower
3 Recent Wars
4 See also
5 External links
6 External Video Footage

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Introduction

The Iranian Army is the national army of Iran and called the Artesh. It is in some respects one of its oldest could be considered the among the most powerful in the Middle East.

It is important not to confuse the Artesh (regular army) with the IRGC forces, whom are in effect a parallel and ideological army.

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Manpower

Iran's army includes 350,000 regular soldiers (non-conscript) and 220,000 conscripts.

Iran can also call on substantial numbers of reservists as most males must carry out a full two year military service at some point in their lives. It is generally acknowledged that the conscript element of the army is not trained nearly as well as the professional active duty army.

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