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![[Iran Revolutionary Guards]](../images/i/ir^agir.gif)
image by Zoltan Horvath,
1 December 2014
See also:
An Iran "Pasdaran" (or Iran Revolutionary Guards) flag. It is the similar to
Iran Army (Basij) flag. The difference between these 2 flags is that the Basij
flag includes the wording of "NIROUYE MOGHAVEMATE BASIJ-E SEPAHE PASDARAN" at
the bottom of the Pasdaran emblem. That makes the flag special for the Basij as
the Basijis work under supervision of the Pasdaran.
Bill Garrison, 31 August 2006
The Pasdaran (Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps) are a parallel military
outside the regular armed forces. The Basij is a paramilitary force
(militia-like) under the command of the Pasdaran. For more information see see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guards_Corps.
M. Schmöger, 17 September 2006
The Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution (Persian: سپاه پاسداران
انقلاب اسلامی / Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enqelāb-e Eslāmi), often called
Revolutionary Guards, is a branch of Iran's military, founded after the Iranian
revolution on 5 May 1979. Whereas the regular military (artesh) defends Iran's
borders and maintains internal order, according to the Iranian constitution, the
Revolutionary Guard (pasdaran) is intended to protect the country's Islamic
system. The Revolutionary Guards state that their role in protecting the Islamic
system is preventing foreign interference as well as coups by the military or
"deviant movements". The Revolutionary Guards have roughly 125,000 military
personnel including ground, aerospace and naval forces. Its naval forces are now
the primary forces tasked with operational control of the Persian Gulf.
It flag is blue with yellow emblem. Image of flag:
http://www.digarban.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/internal_images_615maxwidth/images/5/139302101203438972643644.jpg
Zoltan Horvath, 1 December 2014
Ceremonial flag
image located by Bill Garrison, 30
August 2019
image located by Bill Garrison,
12 September 2019
"Sepah-e Pasdaran-e Enqelab-e Eslami = "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps"
(IRGC)
Bill Garrison,
12 September 2019
Plain flag
image located by Bill Garrison,
12 September 2019
"Sepah-e Pasdaran-e Enqelab-e Eslami = "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps"
(IRGC)
Bill Garrison,
12 September 2019
Armored Units
image located by Bill Garrison, 1 October 2020
This flag for the "Armored units" of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
(IRGC) is similar to the main, blue IRGC flag, but this has an obvious
"tank" design incorporated into the IRGC logo upon a green background. The
IRGC military system (offensive) while similar is separate from the ARTESH
military system (defensive).
Bill Garrison, 1 October 2020
![[Iran Revolutionary Guards]](../images/i/ir^pasdr.gif)
image by Eugene Ipavec, 6
March 2009
This flag welcomes the return of the Shia Muslim's "Hidden Imam", the Mahdi.
IRAN Pasdaran Basij Islam Shia Military YA MAHDI Flag.
Based on:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180325092504&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:1123
Bill
Garrison, 22 February 2009
image by Bill Garrison,
13
September 2019
"Basij" or "Sāzmān-e Basij-e Mostaz'afin" = "Mobilization Resistance Force"
(a sub-unit of the IRGC)
Looks similar to the IRGC flag, but "Sāzmān-e Basij-e
Mostaz'afin" is the bottom line on this flag.
Bill Garrison,
13
September 2019
![[Iran Revolutionary Guards]](../images/i/ir^pasn.jpg)
image located by Bill
Garrison, 22 February 2009
IRAN Pasdaran Basij Islam Shia Military YA MAHDI Flag
Source:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180325095103&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:1123
Bill Garrison, 22 February 2009
![[Iran Revolutionary Guards]](../images/i/ir^revgd.gif)
image located by Bill
Garrison, 20 December 2016
On
http://www.basij.ir/parameters/basij/modules/cdk/upload/content/news/13476/sazanegi.jpg
(archived here) is a picture of a blue
flag with the logo shown here, as the flag of the Iranian Basij Sazandegi.
Bill Garrison, 20 December 2016
image located by Bill Garrison, 28 September 2019
ca. Nov. 26, 2009 street demonstration in Tehran celebrating 30th Anniversary
the founding of the Basij militia. [From 1979 Iran revolution overthrowing
Shah.] Flag contains red, stylized "Allah" inside white circle on green flag.
Sadly, cannot read yellow slogan on flag.
source:
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2009/11/30/Dissidents-infiltrated-Basij-Iran-claims/21741259597144/
Bill Garrison, 28 September 2019
image located by Bill Garrison, 5 October 2019
Flag, Iran, Basij militia, unknown use c. 2015
source:
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2015/11/20/438441/Iran-IRGC-Jafari-Paris-drill-Qom-Basij
Caption; Iran's volunteer forces, Basij, are holding the second day of
major military drills on November 20, 2015 on the outskirts of the central
city of Qom. ©IRNA
Bill Garrison, 5 October 2019
image located by Bill Garrison, 28 September 2019
Great Conference of Basij members at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azadi_stadium (Tehran, Iran), 4 October 2018,
carrying green, red, & yellow flags. The green flag pertains to "Al Quds" (iJerusalem).
source:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iranian_Women_at_the_Great_Conference_of_Basij_members_at_Azadi_stadium_October_2018_03.jpg
Bill Garrison, 28 September 2019
images located by Bill Garrison, 30 September 2019
Flag, Iran, Basij school militia-training, 2 varieties: blue/Pishgaman & red/Puyandegan
In the mid-1990s the Iranian government began militia training for middle
and high-school students. These students were being trained to serve after high
school in the national Basij militia (which supervised the student's training).
The middle-school students (12-14 year olds) served in the "Dynamic Resistance"
(Pooyandegan" or "Puyandegan") units with the red flag ("Puyandegan" is on the
bottom line). The high-school students (15-18 year olds) served in the "Pioneer
Resistance" ("Pishgaman") units with the blue flag ("Pishgaman" is on the bottom
line). Collectively, these students served in the "Scouts Forces" of the Basij.
On the left-side of both flags is a logo with an ink-pen atop a book, with
tulips symbolizing the martyrs of Iran.
Bill Garrison, 30 September
2019
image by Bill Garrison,
3 June 2023
Source:
https://www.memri.org/reports/irgc-aerospace-force-commander-general-amir-ali-hajizadeh-america-behind-all-wars-region
The white-field flag of the "Basij Students' Office" at the Iranian
"University of Science and Technology" (which has multiple campuses); c. May
2023.
Bill Garrison, 3 June 2023
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image by Bill Garrison,
3 June 2023
image by Bill Garrison,
14
September 2019
"Qarargah-e Sazandagiye Khatam al-Anbiya" = "Khatam al-Anbiya Construction
Headquarters" [IRGC sub-unit]
Bill Garrison,
14
September 2019
image located by Bill Garrison, 9 October 2020
Source:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Muhammad_Rasul_Allah_Corps_of_IRGC
Bill Garrison, 1 October 2020
image by Bill Garrison,
14
September 2019
"Sepah-e Quds" = "The Quds Force" [a sub-unit of the IRGC].
"Sepah-e Quds"
in the bottom line of this gold-blue flag.
Bill Garrison,
14
September 2019
image by Pete Loeser, 25 May 2022
based on photo
located by Bill Garrison,
14
September 2019
The Quds Force (نیروی قدس), is a branch of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps (IRGC). It is considered the elite clandestine wing of the Guard and
specialize in unconventional warfare and military intelligence operations
primarily in foreign countries. It is sometimes referred to as the Qods Force,
or Jerusalem Force. It was organized shortly after the Iranian Revolution
(1978-79), and its activities have centered around organizing, supporting, and
sometimes leading local forces abroad.
It has been active throughout many
countries in the Middle East, including Hezbollah, Hamas, the Palestinian
Islamic Jihad, Yemeni Houthis, and Shia militias in Iraq, Syria, and
Afghanistan.
Reportedly the Quds Force reports directly to the Supreme Leader
of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei. The U.S. Secretary of State designated the Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps and Quds Force as a Foreign Terrorist Organizations
(FTO) in 2019 based on their “...continued support to and engagement in
terrorist activity around the world.”
Pete Loeser, 25 May 2022
image located by Bill Garrison, 7 October 2021
From
https://time.com/5937567/iran-revolutionary-guard-ideology/
An Iranian
boy holds a blue-field flag with a white-colored portrait of the former Iranian
commander of the "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force": General
Qasem Soleimani, during a rally in Tehran to commemorate the 42nd Victory
anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, on Feb. 10, 2021.
Morteza
Nikoubazl-NurPhoto via Getty Images
Bill Garrison, 7 October 2021
image located by Bill Garrison, 5 July 2022
Source:
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/an-iranian-basiji-university-student-waves-a-yellow-flag-news-photo/1241073376?adppopup=true
An Iranian Basiji university student waves a yellow flag with a portrait of
the former Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force,
General Qasem Soleimani during a rally to mark...
Caption: Not really an
IRGC military-unit flag, but a flag brandished about by the IRGC's student "Basij"
movement; A yellow-field flag with black-ink images of 5 Iranian personalities
loosely related with the IRGC (Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps).
Left-to-right:
1: Imad Fayez Mughniyeh (Lebanon Hezbollah).
2: IRGC
Maj.Gen. Husayn Hamadani (looks like Mohsen Fakhirizadeh, but not because of the
uniform).
3: Lt.Gen. Qasem Suleimani (with his popular scowling mouth),
commander of the IRGC's "Quds Force".
4: filmmaker Morteza Avini (has his
trademark aviator glasses, and the white streaks in the hair and beard).
5:
probably Shaykh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr, a Shiite-Muslim imam killed by the
Sunni-Muslim government of Saudi Arabia (The salt and pepper beard and the white
turban seem to track).
This yellow flag carried at a rally to mark the
thirty-third death anniversary of the Founder of the Islamic Republic: Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini; in front of the main gate of the University of Tehran on June
3, 2022. One slogan in English reads: "Khomeini's Blood Is In Our Veins", and
below it that same slogan is probably repeated in Farsi/Persian. (Photo by
Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images
[original news caption: ...
An Iranian Basiji (Member of Basij Paramilitary force) university student waves
a yellow flag with a portrait of the former Commander of the Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, General Qasem Soleimani (C) during
a rally to mark the thirty-third death anniversary of the Founder of the Islamic
Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in front of the main gate of the
University of Tehran on June 3, 2022. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via
Getty Images)]
Bill Garrison, 5 July 2022
image located by Bill Garrison, 14 November 2019
This green flag has a Pasdaran militia patch logo.
source:
https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/victorious-iranian-revolutionary-guards-burn-a-us-flag-in-news-photo/103232305?adppopup=true
Caption: "Iranians Capture Al-Fao. Victorious Iranian Revolutionary
Guards burn a US flag in Al-Fao Peninsula, Iraq, 15th February 1986. Smoke rises
over the Iraqi oil installations burning behind. The Iranians launched a
surprise attack against the Iraqi troops defending al-Fao. The Iraqi units in
charge of the defences consisted mostly of poorly-trained Iraqi Popular Army
conscripts who collapsed when they were suddenly attacked by the Iranian
Pasdaran (Revolutionary Guard) forces. (Photo by Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)" c.
Feb. 1986
Of particular interest is that in the bottom-left corner side
of middle green flag it has an Iranian Pasdaran militia logo. I believe it was
printed on the flag when the flag was originally made, as the Pasdaran-logo
image is in black-and-white which matches the overall white-black border frame
on the flag. Also, I have never seen a black-white Pasdaran patch by itself.
Bill Garrison, 14 November 2019
