27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division

{{short description|Former division of the Iranian IRGC}}

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| unit_name = 27th Mohammad Rasulollah Division

| native_name = {{lang|fa|لشکر ۲۷ محمد رسول‌الله (ص)}}

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| dates = 1980s - 2008 (field division)
2008 - present (provincial corps)

| country = {{flagicon|Iran}} Islamic Republic of Iran

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| branch = Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

| type = Mechanized

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| size = Division

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| garrison = Tehran

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| nickname = "Muhammad Rasulullah" ({{lang|fa|محمد رسول‌الله (ص)}})

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• Iran–Iraq War
• Operation Mohammad Rasulullah
• Operation Fath ol-Mobin
• Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas
• Second Battle of Khorramshahr
• Operation Ramadan
• Operation Muslim ibn Aqil
• Operation Zein-ol-Abedin
• Operation Dawn-1
• Operation Dawn-3
• Operation Dawn-4
• Operation Kheibar
• Operation Badr
• First Battle of al-Faw
• Operation Dawn-8
• Operation Karbala-1
• Siege of Basra
• Operation Karbala-8
• Operation Nasr 7
• Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 7
• 1982 Lebanon War

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| current_commander = Mohammad-Reza Yazdi{{cite book |title=Uprising shakes Iran Regime's foundations |publisher=National Council of Resistance of Iran – U.S. Representative Office |location=Washington, DC |isbn=1-944942-37-8 |pages=39–40 |url=https://isjcommittee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ebook-Uprising-Shakes-Iran-Regimes-Foundations-2.pdf |access-date=22 October 2021}}{{rp|54}}

| commander1 = Mayor Alireza Zakani

| commander1_label = {{nowrap|Commander in Chief}}

| commander2 = Sirous Saberi

| commander2_label = Deputy Commander

| commander3 = Hossein Dini

| commander3_label = Deputy Coordinator

| commander4 = Mohammad Na’imi

| commander4_label = Representative of the Supreme Leader

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| notable_commanders = Ahmad Motevasselian

Reza Cheraghi

Mohammad Ebrahim Hemmat

Abbas Karimi

Dr.Mansour Haghdoust

Esmaeil Kousari

Hossein Hamadani

Mohammad Ali Allahdadi

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27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division ({{langx|fa|لشکر ۲۷ محمد رسول‌الله}}) was a division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces based in Tehran.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mizanonline.ir/fa/news/182674/%D9%84%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-20-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%88%D9%81%D9%82%DB%8C%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D8%A2%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B2-%D9%88-4-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%B4%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AF|title = لشکری با 20 عملیات موفقیت‌آمیز و 4 فرمانده شهید}}

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

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}}

{{blockquote|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.}}