The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has announced 16 of its 31 new provincial commands. This list (drawn from an 8 July article in
Etemaad) of already established commands shows that the IRGC's focus continues to be strengthening Iran's western border with Iraq.
The majority of the new units mentioned are located in the western provinces, others are located in the crucial southeast (Kerman and Sistan-Baluchistan) and northern provinces.
Also see the Fars report (in Persian).1. Fajr Corps of Fars Province Corps - Commander Gheybparvar
2. Salman Corps of Sistan-Baluchestan Province Corps - Commander Mohammadzadeh
3. Kermanshah Province Corps - Commander Ali Azimi
4. Hamedan Province Corps - Commander Abdolreza Azadi
5. Kohkiluyeh & Boyer Ahmadi Province Corps - Commander Shahabifar
6. Ruhollah Corps of Central Province - Commander Mohammad Taqi Shahcheraghi
7. Qamar Bani Hashem Corps of Chahar Mahal-Bakhtiari Province - Commander Reza Mohammad-Soleymani
8. Mohammad Rasulollah Corps of Greater Tehran - Commander Abdollah Araqi
9. His Holiness Vali-ye Asr Corps of Khuzestan Province - Commander Kazemeyni
10. Saheb al-Zaman Corps of Esfahan Province - Commander Gholamreza Soleymani
11. Sarallah Corps of Kerman Province Corps - Commander Ruhollah Nuri
12. Saheb al-Amr Corps of Qazvin Province - Commander Salar Abnush
13. Seyyed al-Shohada Corps of Tehran Province - Commander Ali Fazli
14. Ashura Corps of East Azarbayjan Province - Commander Mohammad Taqi Osanlu
15. Qods Corps* of Gilan Province - Commander Hamun Mohammadi
16. His Holiness Abolfazl Corps of Lorestan Province - Commander Mohammad Shahrokhi
*The Qods Corps (sepah-e Qods) of Gilan province should not be confused with the IRGC's special forces "Qods" unit . The special forces "Qods" is referred to alternatively in Persian as both the "Qods Force" (niru-ye qods) and the "Qods Corps" (sepah-e qods), hence the possible confusion. Apparently there are only so many acceptable names out there to choose from.
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