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27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division

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27th Mohammad Rasulollah Division
لشکر ۲۷ محمد رسول‌الله (ص)
CountryIran Islamic Republic of Iran
BranchIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
TypeMechanized
SizeDivision
Garrison/HQTehran
Nickname(s)"Muhammad Rasulullah" (محمد رسول‌الله (ص))
EngagementsIran–Iraq war 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Ahmad Motevasselian

Reza Cheraghi
Mohammad Ebrahim Hemmat
Abbas Karimi
Esmaeil Kousari
Hossein Hamadani

Mohammad Ali Allahdadi

27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division (Template:Lang-fa) was a division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps based in Tehran.

It was established as the 27th Mohammad Rasulullah Brigade by Ahmad Motevasselian and Mohammad Ebrahim Hemmat during Iran–Iraq War, and was expanded into a division just before the Operation Jerusalem.

The division was merged with the Basij of Greater Tehran to form the Mohammad Rasulullah Corps of Greater Tehran during to rearrangements of the IRGC units in 2008.

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