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1. Pasdaran is a neighborhood of northern Tehran centered around eastern side of Pasdaran Ave.
2. The Pasdaran is a military force that is independent of Iran 's regular military.
3. The Pasdaran was also given the mandate of organizing a large people's militia, the Basij, in 1980.
4. The Pasdaran is a 400,000-man strong force created after the 1979 Islamic revolution to complement the regular Iranian army.
5. The Pasdaran was quite active in Lebanon. (Web site)

Iraqi Forces

1. While Iraqi forces attacked Khuzestan, the Mujahedin attacked western Iran and battled the Pasdaran for Kermanshah.

Iranian

1. Personnel wise, the Iranian Regular Army was responsible for the city's external defenses and the Pasdaran were responsible for the center. (Web site)

Revolution

1. As one of the first revolutionary institutions, the Pasdaran helped legitimize the Revolution and gave the new regime an armed basis of support.

Committees

1. Bani Sadr failed to secure the dissolution of the Pasdaran and the revolutionary courts and committees. (Web site)

Iraqis

1. Reports indicate that Iraqis would at times encounter Pasdaran who were armed with anything from assault rifles all the way down to sticks and knives.

September 1980

1. By September 1980, the Pasdaran was capable of deploying forces at the front.

Gulf Region

1. Observers also believed that the Pasdaran had contacts with underground movements in the Gulf region. (Web site)

Military Matters

1. Despite differences, the Pasdaran and the regular armed forces have cooperated on military matters.

Members

1. Ten of the alleged plotters were killed when members of the Pasdaran broke into their headquarters. (Web site)

Formidable Force

1. From this modest beginning, the Pasdaran became a formidable force.

Khomeini

1. Days after Khomeini's return to Tehran, the Bazargan interim administration established the Pasdaran under a decree issued by Khomeini on May 5, 1979.
2. Using the Pasdaran as a springboard to more important positions, Pasdaran leaders could always obtain access to the Revolutionary Council and Khomeini.

Revolutionary Guards

1. They documented the arrival of Iranian Pasdaran (Revolutionary Guards) troops into the streets of Halabja on March 15, 1988. (Web site)

Own Army

1. The Revolutionary Guard, known locally as the Pasdaran, is a parallel military force with its own army, air force and navy. (Web site)

Iranians

1. Of the 250,000 Iranians committed, 190,000 of those were Pasdaran and Basij soldiers, with only 60,000 regular troops engaged in the operation.

Iranian Government

1. The Iranian government also worked on molding the Pasdaran units into a much more conventional fighting force. (Web site)

Basij

1. Consequently, the Iranian government attempted to boost the capabilities of militia groups, chiefly the Pasdaran and the Basij.

Pasdaran

1. Furthermore, the Pasdaran and Basij (what Ayatollah Khomeini called the "Army of Twenty Million" or People's Militia) recruited at least 100,000 volunteers. (Web site)
2. Furthermore, the Pasdaran and Basij (what Khomeini called the "Army of Twenty Million" or People's Militia) recruited at least 100,000 volunteers.
3. The Revolutionary Guards, known locally as the Pasdaran, is a parallel military force with its own army, air force and navy. (Web site)

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