Brief introduction of Iranian army

Iran implements compulsory military service, and soldiers serve for two years. The armed forces are composed of the army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The leader is the commander in chief of the armed forces. The Supreme National Security Council is the highest military leader and the institution that formulates national defense policies. It consists of the President, representatives of two leaders, the Minister of Justice, the Speaker, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, the Commander-in-Chief of the Guard, the Chairman of the State Planning and Budget Organization, and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Defence and Intelligence. Compulsory military service is implemented, with a service period of two years. Iran's constitution stipulates that politics and religion are integrated, and the religious leader is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The Supreme National Defense Council is a military decision-making body under the leadership of the leader. Its members include the President, the Minister of National Defense, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, the Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and two advisers appointed by the leader. The armed forces are composed of regular troops, revolutionary guards and paramilitary forces. The regular army is divided into three services: army, navy and air force. The Revolutionary Guard consists of ground troops, maritime troops, marines and aviation. 1July, 989, the regular army and the Revolutionary Guard merged to form a loose alliance. Since the Iranian revolution, in order to overcome foreign embargoes, Iran has developed its own military industry and produced its own tanks, armored personnel carriers, missiles, submarines, warships, guided missile destroyers, radar systems, helicopters and fighter planes.