IRIAA pilot and technician air education ceremony

Iran media imagery depicting IRIAA pilot and technician air education ceremony held 07OCT15 at Shahid Vatanpour Airbase training center in Isfahan:

IRIAA Colonel Mojtabi Rouhani, training center commandant, addressing pilot and technician air education graduates at Shahid Vatanpour Airbase.

IRIAA colonels, lieutenant colonels and officers in formation during pilot and technician air education ceremony at at Shahid Vatanpour Airbase.

Left to right:
- NEZAJA Brigadier General 2C Reza Jahadi Orsi, commander of Isfahan, Yazd and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari provinces
- NEZAJA Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan
- IRIAA Commander Brigadier General 2C Houshang Yari

NEZAJA Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan bestowing pilot air education plaque to IRIAA major

IRIAA lieutenant colonel salutes, after receiving pilot air education plaque

NEZAJA Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan  affixing what may be pilot wings on flight suit of young IRIAA first lieutenant.

Left to right:
- Unidentified cleric
- NEZAJA Brigadier General 2C Reza Jahadi Orsi, commander of Isfahan, Yazd and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari provinces
- NEZAJA Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan
- IRIAA Commander Brigadier General 2C Houshang Yari
- IRIAA Brigadier General 2C Amir Bagheri Noorbakhsh, commander 4th Combat and Support Base (Isfahan)

Respects to fallen IRIAA service members of the Iran-Iraq War

NEZAJA Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan shakes hands with IRIAA first lieutenant, likely a master technician.

NEZAJA Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan inspects Minigun-type Gatling-style rotating six-barrel machine gun, with IRIAA captain.

NEZAJA Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan is briefed on MGA3 general-purpose machine gun

NEZAJA Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan inspects 19-tube rocket launcher mounted on IRIAA Bell 214A Isfahan, serial 6-4754 (cn 27107).

IRIAA Bell 214A Isfahan, serial 6-4652 (cn 27005) at Isfahan - Shahid Vatanpour Airbase

Background: air traffic control tower for Shahid Vatanpour Airbase

Foreground, left: flight crew logbook for IRIAA Bell 214A Isfahan, serial 6-4754 (cn 27107)

NEZAJA Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan beside IRIAA Bell 214A Isfahan, serial 6-4754 (cn 27107)

Photos: Islamic Republic News Agency

Sacred Defense Parades 2015 - Provinces

Iran media imagery of the Sacred Defense Parades held at provincial locations on 22SEP15, commemorating the onset of the Iran-Iraq War that took place 35 years ago.

ISFAHAN, ISFAHAN PROVINCE

IRGC-GF formation equipped with accessorized Norinco CQ / DIO S-5.56 assault rifles

 

Detail of accessorized Norinco CQ / DIO S-5.56 assault rifle, including rail system, collapsible stock, forward grip and camo wrap.

Clerical members of A Basij Rapid Reaction Force

IRGC-GF BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle

NEZAJA BM-21 multiple rocket launcher (MRL) vehicle

NEZAJA 152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20)

IRGC-GF DIO HM 41 155 mm howitzers

Safir ("Ambassador") tactical vehicles equipped with M40 recoilless rifles, of a type provided in number to Iraqi military forces in the war against ISIL.

Iran military artillery rocket transport vehicle with loading crane

KERMAN, KERMAN PROVINCE

DIO Ra'ad-2 ("Thunder-2") 155 mm self-propelled howitzer

NEZAJA BTR-60 armored personnel carrier (APC)

DIO Rakhsh 4x4 armored personnel carrier (APC) variant

IRGC Fajr-3 ("Dawn-3") multiple rocket launcher vehicle

Safir ("Ambassador") tactical vehicles equipped with BGM-71 TOW type anti-tank guided missile launchers

Skyguard all-weather fire control radar unit for Oerlikon GDF-002 35 mm twin cannons

SHIRAZ, FARS PROVINCE

Formation of 55th Airborne Brigade equipped with G3-A4 battle rifles

BANDAR ABBAS, HORMOZGAN PROVINCE

First lieutenants of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense (IRIADF)

Captains and lieutenants of IRGC Imam Sajjad Corps

Chief petty officers of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (IRIN), equipped with G3-A3 battle rifles

QESHM

IRGC-N catamaran craft fitted with anti-aircraft guns


URMIA, WEST AZARBAIJAN PROVINCE

Kurdish-Iranian Tribal Basij members equipped with AKM type assault rifles


MARGHEH, EAST AZARBAIJAN PROVINCE

NEZAJA M577 command post vehicle

Photos: Islamic Republic News Agency, Syed Ali Hashemi and Amirhosein Khorgooi at Islamic Students' News Agency

NEZAJA 'Beit al-Moghadas 27' exercises

NEZAJA Commander Brig. Gen. Ahmad Reza Pourdestan reviewing participants of Beit Al-Moghadas 27 exercise on 25MAY15 at Isfahan's Nasrabad region in central Iran.

Pourdestan is seen aboard an Iranian-manufactured Safir ("Ambassador") 4x4 light tactical vehicle, numbers of which have been supplied to Iran for the war against ISIL.

Lineup of NEZAJA T-72 type main battle tanks, of a type provided by Iran to Iraq for the war against ISIL

Movement of NEZAJA T-72 type main battle tanks, traversing what appears to be a section of Maranjab Desert

NEZAJA T-72S main battle tank Sepehr tactical vehicle fitted with ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft twin auto cannon

NEZAJA BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle, with motorized elements aboard Iranian-assembled Banihashem ATV 500s and AMICO motorbikes.

Deployed ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft twin auto cannon, with Sepehr tactical vehicle fitted with ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft twin auto cannon.

Firing exercise for NEZAJA crew of ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft twin auto cannon at fighting position

Firing of NEZAJA ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft twin auto cannon at protective position

Firing exercise for NEZAJA Safir light tactical vehicle mounting M40 recoilless rifle, of a combination type provided in number by Iran to Iraq for war against ISIL.

Note: this type's firing exercise location is identical to that used during last year's Beit Al-Moghadas 26 exercise.

Firing exercise for NEZAJA motorized team operating 9K32 “Strela-2" type MANPADS

NEZAJA 55th Airborne Special Forces Brigade members aboard Banihashem ATV 500

NEZAJA sniper team equipped with what appears to be Shaher 14.5mm anti-material rifle and possibly compact variant of Siavash 7.62mm sniper rifle.

Side detail of Shaher 14.5mm anti-material rifle and possible compact variant of Siavash 7.62mm sniper rifle

Frontal detail of Shaher 14.5mm anti-material rifle and possible compact variant of Siavash 7.62mm sniper rifle

NEZAJA crews setting up DShKM type 12.7 mm heavy machine guns

Firing exercise for NEZAJA crew of DShKM type 12.7 mm heavy machine gun

NEZAJA operators of 9K32 “Strela-2" type MANPADS

Ghods Mohajer-2 reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), of a type provided to Syrian Arab Republic in the war against armed groups including ISIL and Al-Qaeda affiliate JAN.

IRIAF Chengdu FT-7 type Airguards, right aircraft serial 3-7720

IRIAA Bell AH-1J International Cobra (209), serial 3-4485 (cn 26585) of Attack Squadron from 4th Combat and General Support Base at Badr Airbase - Isfahan.

IRIAA Bell AH-1J International Cobra (209), serial 3-4506 (cn 26606) of Attack Squadron from 4th Combat and General Support Base at Badr Airbase - Isfahan.

IRIAA Bell AH-1J International Cobra (209) "Toufan I", serial 3-4551 (cn 29011) of Attack Squadron from 4th Combat and General Support Base at Badr Airbase - Isfahan.

NEZAJA lieutenant colonel beside IRIAA captain

NEZAJA command post for Beit al-Moqaddas 27 exercise

NEZAJA officers study map detail at command post for Beit al-Moqaddas 27 exercise

Participating NEZAJA members of Beit al-Moqaddas 27 exercise at at Isfahan's Nasrabad region in central Iran

Previous stage of Beit al-Moqaddas 27 exercise conducted at Kermanshah province: NEZAJA Nazeat 10H tactical ballistic missile on raised Mercedes-Benz L-series platform 6x6 TEL.

NEZAJA Nazeat tactical ballistic missile launch Beit al-Moqaddas 27 exercise conducted at Kermanshah province.

Photos:
Hamid Reza Nikomaram at Fars News Agency
Ali Khodaei at Tasnim News Agency
Abbas Pustinduz at Mehr News Agency
Islamic Republic of Iran News Agency
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