Imperial Iranian Army

E404983

army land warfare branch

The Imperial Iranian Army was the pre-1979 national land force of Iran, serving under the Pahlavi monarchy as a central pillar of the country's military and political power.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Imperial Iranian Armed Forces	5
Imperial Iranian Army canonical	2
Imperial Army of Iran	1
Imperial Iranian Ground Forces	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army ⓘ land warfare branch ⓘ
activePeriodEnd	1979 ⓘ
activePeriodStart	1925 ⓘ
allegiance	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ⓘ surface form: Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Reza Shah Pahlavi ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Imperial Iranian Army ⓘ surface form: Imperial Army of Iran Imperial Iranian Army ⓘ surface form: Imperial Iranian Ground Forces
branchColor	green ⓘ
commanderInChief	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ⓘ surface form: Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Reza Shah Pahlavi ⓘ Shah of Iran ⓘ
country	Iran ⓘ
dissolved	1979 ⓘ
doctrineInfluencedBy	British Army ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
followedBy	Islamic Republic of Iran Army ⓘ surface form: Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces
garrison	Tehran NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquarters	Tehran NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainOppositionGroup	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ⓘ surface form: Islamic revolutionary forces
nativeName	ارتش شاهنشاهی ایران ⓘ
operatedUnder	Imperial State of Iran ⓘ Pahlavi dynasty ⓘ
partOf	Imperial Iranian Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Imperial Iranian Armed Forces
precededBy	Qajar Persian Army ⓘ surface form: Qajar army
primaryLanguage	Persian ⓘ
role	internal security ⓘ land warfare ⓘ national defense ⓘ regime protection ⓘ
significantEvent	1953 Iranian coup d'état ⓘ 1975 Algiers Agreement border clashes ⓘ Iranian Revolution ⓘ surface form: 1979 Iranian Revolution Iran campaign (Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran) ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran Dhofar Rebellion ⓘ White Revolution reforms ⓘ surface form: White Revolution World War II ⓘ
sizePeakApproximate	285000 personnel ⓘ
statusDuringRevolution	partially disintegrated ⓘ
subordinateTo	General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ surface form: General Staff of the Imperial Iranian Armed Forces Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics of Iran ⓘ surface form: Ministry of War of Iran
symbolOf	Pahlavi monarchy power ⓘ
timeOfPeakSize	late 1970s ⓘ
type	professional standing army ⓘ
usedEquipmentFrom	Soviet Union ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States West Germany ⓘ