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Saberin Takavar Battalions
گردان تکاور صابرين
Saberin shoulder sleeve insignia
Active2000–present[1]
Country Iran
AllegianceSupreme Leader of Iran
BranchGround Force
TypeTakavar
RoleSpecial operations
SizeBrigade
Part of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Garrison/HQTehran
Motto(s)"If there are 20 Saberin amongst you, they will overcome 200, and if there be a 100 Saberin they will overcome a 1000 of those who disbelieve." [Quran 8:65]
EngagementsPJAK insurgency
Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
Syrian Civil War
Iranian intervention in Iraq
Commanders
Current
commander
2nd Brigadier General Amanollah Gashtassbi

Saberin Takavar Battalions (Template:Lang-fa; meaning Steadfasts Commando Battalions) are elite[2] Takavar units in the Ground Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.[3][4]

Description

The Department of Defense's 2010 Military Power of Iran report:[5]

“Each Provincial Corps in the IRGCGRF possesses a unit, called Saberin, which has limited special operations capabilities. These units rotate to the northwest to perform counter-insurgency against Kurdish PJAK and to the southeast to operate against Jundallah.”

See also

References

  1. ^ "توضیحات فرمانده یگان صابرین درباره چگونگی شکل گیری نیروهای ویژه سپاه پس از 12 سال". Khabar Online. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  2. ^ "پاکپور: صابرين زبده‌ترين يگان سپاه است". Mashregh News. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  3. ^ "يگان ويژه "صابرين" چيست و چگونه مي توان عضو آن شد؟". Mashregh News. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  4. ^ "همکاري نوهد ارتش و صابرين سپاه". Mashregh News. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  5. ^ http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/IranReportUnclassified.pdf
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