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The following article lists three Orders of Battle for the Iranian Army at different periods. Note, that this is not the order of battle of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards but of the regular ground forces (Artesh). [1]
| First Army Headquarters | Tehran |
| Second Army Headquarters | Esfahan |
| Third Army Headquarters | Shiraz |
| 28th Mechanized Division | Kerman |
| 35th Mechanized Division | Khorramabad |
| 84th Mechanized Division | Shiraz |
| 2nd Armored Division | Dezful |
| 16th Armored Division | Qazvin, Qasr-e Shirin region |
| 18th Armored Division | Tehran |
| 81st Armored Division | Kermanshah |
| 88th Armored Division | Ahvaz |
| 92nd Armored Division | Khuzestan |
| 30th Infantry Division | Tehran |
| 40th Infantry Division | Hamadan |
| 21st Infantry Division | Azerbaijan |
| 64th Infantry Division | Urumia |
| 77th Infantry Division | Khorasan |
| 1st Marine Brigade | Bandar Abbas |
| 79th Infantry Division | Tabriz |
| 84th Infantry Division | Lorestan |
| 23rd Special Forces Division | Tehran |
| 55th Parachute Division | Shiraz |
| 351st SSM Brigade | Tehran |
| 75th Logistics Brigade | |
| 22nd Artillery Division | |
| 23rd Artillery Division | |
| 44th Artillery Division | |
| 55th Artillery Division |
| Southern Operations Sector (Dezful) | Northern Operations Sector (Rezaiyeh) | Western Operations Sector (Kermanshah) |
| 81st/92nd? Armored Division | 28th Mechanized Infantry Division | 16th/18th? Armored Division |
| 45th Commando Brigade | 64th Infantry Division | 81st Armored Division |
| 40th Infantry Brigade | 84th Mechanized Infantry Division | |
| 25th Commando Brigade | 23rd Commando Division | |
| 11th Artillery Division | 35th Commando Brigade | |
| 58th Commando Brigade | ||
| 22nd Artillery Division | ||
| 23rd Artillery Division | ||
| 44th Artillery Division | ||
| 55th Artillery Division | ||
| 411th Engineer Division | ||
| Eastern Operations Sector (Birjand) | Airmobile Forces Group | |
| 88th Armored Division | 29th Commando Division (Airmobile) | |
| 30th Infantry Division | 55th Airborne Division | |
| 77th Infantry Division | ||
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| 16th Armored Division | Ghazvin | |
| 81st Armored Division | Kermanshah | |
| 92nd Armored Division | Khuzestan | |
| 88th Armored Division | Sistan | |
| 1st Infantry Imperial Guard Division | E. Azarbaijan | (21st Infantry Div. after the Revolution) |
| 2nd Imperial Guard Division | E. Azarbaijan | (21st Infantry Div. after the Revolution) |
| 28th Infantry Division | Kurdestan | |
| 30th Infantry Division | Golestan | |
| 64th Infantry Division (Iran) | W. Azerbaijan | |
| 77th Infantry Division | Khorasan | |
| 84th Infantry Division | Lorestan | |
| 55th Airborne Brigade | Fars | (Division during the war with Iraq) |
| 65th Airborne Brigade | Tehran | (Division during the war with Iraq) |
| 23rd Airborne Brigade (NOHED) | Tehran | (Division during the war with Iraq) |
| 37th Armored Brigade | Fars | |
| 11th Artillery Group | E.Azarbaijan | |
| 22nd Artillery Group | ||
| 33rd Artillery Group | Tehran | |
| 44th Artillery Group | ||
| 55th Artillery Group | ||
| 99th Air Defence Group | ||
| 4 Hawk missiles Battalions | ||
| Source: Imperial Iranian Ground Forces at Sarbazan | ||
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