14th Imam Hossein Division

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| dates = 1979–present

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| nickname = "Imam Hossein" ({{lang|fa|امام حسین (ع)}})

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| notable_commanders = Hossein Kharrazi
Mostafa Raddanipoor{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
Mohammad Reza Zahedi{{cite news|last=Motamedi|first=Maziar|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/2/who-was-mohammad-reza-zahedi-the-iranian-general-assassinated-by-israel|title=Who was Mohammad Reza Zahedi, an Iranian general killed by Israel in Syria?|publisher=Al Jazeera English|date=2 April 2024|access-date=28 May 2024}}

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14th Imam Hossein Division ({{langx|fa|لشکر 14 امام حسین (ع)}}) is a division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

It was first officially organized as the 3rd Imam Hossein Brigade during the Iran–Iraq War, just before Operation Tariq al-Qods. Its units had participated in various rebellions in Iran after the 1979 Revolution, and the soldiers of the division were predominantly from the Isfahan Province. It was later expanded into a division. It participated in various key operations and battles in the Iran-Iraq war.

Describing the IRGC units during the Iran-Iraq war, then-commander-in-chief of IRGC Mohsen Rezaei says:{{cite web |last1=سلیمانی |first1=وحید |title=شهيد احمد کاظمي، دٌر غلطان سپاه |url=https://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/369328/%D8%B4%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B8%D9%85%D9%8A-%D8%AF%D9%8C%D8%B1-%D8%BA%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87 |website=www.tabnak.ir |accessdate=26 July 2019 |language=Persian}}

{{quote|We had four divisions that, anywhere they went, no [Iraqi] military force was able to resist against them. Haj Hemmat and [his] 27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division, Hossein Kharrazi and [his] 14th Imam Hossein Division, Mehdi Bakeri and [his] 31st Ashura Division, Ahmad Kazemi and [his] 8th Najaf Division—which whenever they entered, it resulted in success without exception.}}

References

  • {{cite web |url=http://www.lashkar14.ir/Page-7 |title=معرفي و نحوه تشکيل لشکر 14 امام حسين (عليه السلام) |website=Lashkar14.ir |accessdate=2016-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118091158/http://www.lashkar14.ir/Page-7 |archive-date=2016-11-18 |url-status=dead }}

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Category:Military units and formations of Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution

Category:Isfahan province

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