Sacred Defense Parades 2011 - Regular Military & Commanders

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Possibly elements of the 23rd Commando Division, Tehran

Possibly elements of the 35th Independent Commando Brigade, Tehran

Possibly elements of the 65th Airborne Brigade, Tegran

Marine Commando unit

Elements of an Iranian Commando Brigade, Tehran

Possibly elements of the 55th Airborne Brigade

IRIADF contingent, Tabriz

IRIAF security contingent from Mehrabad AFB, Tehran

IRIN contingent, Tehran

IRIN sailors, Tehran

Left to right: Army Maj. Gen. Salehi, Basij Maj Gen. Firuzabadi, IRGC Maj. Gen. Jafari

Foreign military observers

Photos:

Hassan Mousavi at Fars News Agency

Mehr News Agency

Sacred Defense Parades 2011 - IRGC / Basij / NAJA

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IRGC riflemen in parade dress

IRGC Guardsmen equipped with the AKMS type assault rifle

Young IRGC Guardsmen equipped with the AKM type assault rifle

IRGC Guardsmen equipped with the AKMS and fitted with assault vests

IRGC parade procession, possibly elements of Imam Sadegh Corps

IRGC Guardsmen equipped with the KLS (AKM / Type 56) assault rifle

Basij parade procession

Student Basij bearing portraits of martyrs

Student Basij parade in woodland BDUs

Student Basij in parade formation

Turkmen Basij force

Qasqhai (?) Basij Force equpped with traditional Enfield rifles

Arab-Iranian Basij force

Bakhtiari Basij force

Azari-Iranian (?) Basij force

Unknown identity ethnic Basij force

Another Arab-Iranian Basij force

NAJA Metro Police in parade dress

NAJA Special Forces equipped with the MP-5 / MPT-9 SMG

NAJA "Special Guards" equipped with antiriot gear

NAJA Special Forces equipped with the AKM type assault rifle

NAJA Security Force equipped with the MP-5 / MPT-9 SMG

NAJA Special Forces

Mounted NAJA police

Motorized NAJA Security Force equipped with paint marker guns

Older NAJA antiriot police trucks

NAJA Mercedes-Benz E240 Special Unit police cars

Photos:

Mehr News Agency

Mohammad Reza Dehdari, Hassan Mousavi, Majid Jamshidi, Hamid Reza Niko-Maram, Rouhollah Kalantari, Hamid Najafi, Nima Najafzadeh at Fars News Agency

Sacred Defense Parades 2011 - Missiles

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Self-propelled Khalij Fars (Persian Gulf) anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) launcher

Fixed position Khalij Fars ASBM multiple missile launcher

Self-propelled Khalij Fars ASBM multiple missile launcher

TEL-mounted IRGC/ASF Sejil medium range ballistic missile (MRBM)

TEL-mounted IRGC/ASF late variant Shahab-3 (Meteor-3) MRBM

IRGC/ASF Shahab-2 short range ballistic missile (SRBM)

Self-propelled IRGC/ASF Fateh-110 (Conquerer-110) SRBM

Self-propelled Zelzal (Earthquake) SRBM

IRGC/ASF Tondar short range ballistic missile (SRBM)

IRGC marked SA-6 Gainful mobile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system

IRIADF Rapier SAM system

IRIADF MIM-23 I-HAWK/Shahin SAM

Volvo FH12-420 truck tractor head pulls trailer fitted with three I-HAWK SAMs

Yasser and Sattar air-to-surface weapons

Kh-58 anti-radiation missile training round

Iranian AShMs: Noor, Kowsar and Nasr

Photos:

Iran News Agency

Mehr News Agency

Hamid Forootan at ISNA

Hassan Mousavi, Nima Najafzadeh and Majid Jamshidi at Fars News Agency

Hossein Baharloo at IMNA News Agency

Majid Azad and Mahmoud Sdeghi at JameJam.ir