Nuclear Protection Corps | |
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سپاه حفاظت و امنیت هستهای | |
![]() Seal of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps | |
Founded | 16 March 2022 |
Country | ![]() |
Role | Protect Nuclear facilities in Iran |
Part of | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Ahmad Haghtalab |
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps |
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Command |
Supreme Leader Commanders Joint Staff |
Military branches |
Ground Forces Aerospace Force Navy Quds Force Basij |
Intelligence agencies |
Intelligence Organization Intelligence Protection Organization |
Personnel |
Ranks insignia |
Facilities |
Imam Hossein University Baqiyatallah University University of Command and Staff Amir Al-Momenin University |
The Nuclear Protection Corps (Persian: سپاه حفاظت و امنیت هستهای) is a unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps tasked to protect the Iranian nuclear facilities. It was announced on March 16, 2022, after several acts of sabotage against these sites.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ "IRGC forms nuclear command center". IRNA. 14 March 2022.
- ^ حقیقتنژاد, رضا (16 March 2022). "تشکیل فرماندهی سپاه هستهای؛ اطلاعات سپاه یک سنگر دیگر را هم گرفت". رادیو فردا (in Persian).
- ^ "سپاه حفاظت و امنیت هسته ای به ساختار سپاه اضافه شد". ISNA (in Persian). 2022-03-15. Retrieved 2022-03-16.