Abuzar Brigade

{{infobox war faction

| name = Abuzar Brigade

| native_name = لشکر ابوذر

| native_name_lang = fa

| war = {{tree list}}

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| caption =

| active = 1980–1988{{cite web|url=http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950519001076|title=IRGC Commander Praises Afghans for Fighting against ISIL in Syria|publisher=9 August 2016|agency=Fars News|accessdate=18 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819020758/http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950519001076|archive-date=2017-08-19|url-status=live}}

| ideology = Khomeinism
Shia Islamism

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| groups =

| allegiance = {{tree list}}

{{flag|Iran}}
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution.svg}} IRGC{{tree list/end}}

| headquarters = Tehran and Mashhad, Iran

| size = (Unknown)

| partof = Tehran Eight

| predecessor = Tehran Eight

| successor = Hezb-e-Wahadat
Liwa Fatemiyoun

| allies = {{flag|Iran}}

| opponents = File:Flag of Iraq (1991–2004).svg Ba'athist Iraq
{{flagicon image|Flag of the People's Mujahedin of Iran.svg}} PMOI
{{flagicon image|Flag of Arabistan.svg}} DRFLA
{{flagicon image|Flag of Afghanistan (1978–1980).svg}}/{{flagicon image|Flag of Afghanistan (1987–1992).svg}} Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Soviet Union.svg}} Soviet Union

| battles = {{tree list}}

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The Abuzar Brigade ({{langx|fa|تیپ ابوذر}} Tyip Abozar, {{langx|ar|لواء أبوزر }} Liwa' 'Abuzr), also known as the Abuzar Division ({{langx|fa|لشکر ابوذر}} Lashkar-e-Abuzar, {{langx|ar|فرقة ابوذر}} Firqat Abuzar), was an Afghan Shia militia that fought in the Iran–Iraq War on the side of Iran. During the war, the group was mainly stationed in the mountainous areas of Northwestern Iran, as they had experience in both mountain and irregular warfare from the Soviet-Afghan War.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=54gyRnhIugkC&q=half+iraqi+half+Hazara&pg=PA267 |title=Peoples on the Move: Introducing the Nomads of the World |isbn=9781903689059 |access-date=2018-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140702/https://books.google.com.au/books?id=54gyRnhIugkC&pg=PA267&lpg=PA267&dq=half+iraqi+half+Hazara&source=bl&ots=f0KHLyaHMK&sig=qeiaCS74suQIhT58d-IE0r7WdzY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjr5K__ssvbAhWEx7wKHZccDmEQ6AEwEXoECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q=half%20iraqi%20half%20Hazara&f=false#v=onepage&q=half%20iraqi%20half%20Hazara&f=false |archive-date=2018-06-12 |url-status=live |last1=Phillips |first1=David J. |year=2001 |publisher=William Carey Library }}{{cite web|url=http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/418855/%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%BE-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%84%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF|title=تیپ فاطمیون، لشکر شد|first=مشرق نیوز : آخرین اخبار ایران و جهان|last=mashreghnews.ir|date=20 May 2015|access-date=2017-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024211226/http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/418855/%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%BE-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%84%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF|archive-date=2016-10-24|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://qasemsoleimani.ir/article/3509.html|title=لشکر "فاطميون" چگونه شکل گرفت؟ - سرلشکرقاسم سلیمانی - Qasem Soleimani|access-date=2017-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007092206/http://qasemsoleimani.ir/article/3509.html|archive-date=2016-10-07|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://af.farsnews.com/culture/news/13940705000511|title=روایت تیپ 300 نفره "ابوذر" که همگی افغانستانی بودند - FarsNews Agency|access-date=2017-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819021555/http://af.farsnews.com/culture/news/13940705000511|archive-date=2017-08-19|url-status=live}}

History

In the early years after the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Shia Afghan militias, collectively known as the Tehran Eight, fought against the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and the Soviet Union's military which supported the DRA. During the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s, they aligned with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as the Abuzar Brigade to battle the Iraqis, suffering significant casualties throughout the conflict.{{cite book |last=Uskowi|first=Nader|author-link= |date=2018 |title=Temperature Rising: Iran's Revolutionary Guards and Wars in the Middle East |url= |location= |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|page=132|isbn=}} During the Iran–Iraq war, fighters of the Abuzar Brigade were stationed in the mountainous areas of Northwestern Iran, as they had experience in mountain and irregular warfare from their war with the Soviets.{{cite web |last=mashreghnews.ir |first=مشرق نیوز : آخرین اخبار ایران و جهان |date=20 May 2015 |title=تیپ فاطمیون، لشکر شد |url=http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/418855/%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%BE-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%84%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024211226/http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/418855/%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%BE-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%84%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF |archive-date=2016-10-24 |access-date=2016-07-18}}{{cite web |title=لشکر "فاطميون" چگونه شکل گرفت؟ - سرلشکرقاسم سلیمانی - Qasem Soleimani |url=http://qasemsoleimani.ir/article/3509.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007092206/http://qasemsoleimani.ir/article/3509.html |archive-date=2016-10-07 |access-date=2016-07-18}}{{cite web |title=روایت تیپ 300 نفره "ابوذر" که همگی افغانستانی بودند - FarsNews Agency |url=http://af.farsnews.ir/culture/news/13940705000511 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819021555/http://af.farsnews.ir/culture/news/13940705000511 |archive-date=2017-08-19 |access-date=2016-07-18}}

In 2014 the IRGC created the Liwa Fatemiyoun, an Afghan Shia militia formed to fight in Syria on the side of the government. It is funded, trained, and equipped by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, and fights under the command of Iranian officers.{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/irans-afghan-shiite-fighters-in-syria|title=Iran's Afghan Shiite Fighters in Syria|publisher=Washington Institute for Near East Policy|accessdate=9 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424051949/http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/irans-afghan-shiite-fighters-in-syria|archive-date=2015-04-24|url-status=live}} However, the group has denied direct Iranian government involvement in its activities. According to late deputy commander Sayed Hakim, the group numbers between 12,000–14,000 fighters in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1395/03/29/1107833/%D8%AA%D8%B4%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%81%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%A7-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%A6%D8%AA-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF-%D9%88-%D8%B4%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF|title=تشکیلات فعلی فاطمیون ابتدا یک هیئت خانگی بود/ تعدادی از افغان‌ها از اروپا به فاطمیون آمدند و شهید شدند|access-date=2017-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002115828/https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1395/03/29/1107833/%D8%AA%D8%B4%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%81%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%A7-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%A6%D8%AA-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF-%D9%88-%D8%B4%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF|archive-date=2017-10-02|url-status=live}}

References

Category:Iran–Iraq War

Category:Expatriate military units and formations

Category:Military units and formations established in 1980

Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1988