14th Imam Hossein Division

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14th Imam Hossein Division (Persian: لشکر 14 امام حسین (ع)) is a division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

14th Imam Hossein Brigade
لشکر 14 امام حسین (ع)
Active	1979–present
Country	Islamic Republic of Iran
Branch	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Garrison/HQ	Isfahan
Nickname(s)	"Imam Hossein" (امام حسین (ع))
Engagements	Iran–Iraq War Operation Commander-in-Chief Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh Operation Tarigh ol-Qods Operation Fath ol-Mobeen Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas Second Battle of Khorramshahr First Battle of al-Faw Operation Dawn 8
Commanders
Notable commanders	Hossein Kharrazi Mostafa Raddanipoor

It was first officially organized as the 3rd Imam Hossein Brigade during the Iran–Iraq War, just before Operation Tariq al-Qods. Its units had participated in various rebellions in Iran after the 1979 Revolution, and the soldiers of the division were predominantly from the Isfahan Province. It was later expanded into a division. It participated in various key operations and battles in the Iran-Iraq war.

Describing the IRGC units during the Iran-Iraq war, then-commander-in-chief of IRGC Mohsen Rezaei says:^[1]

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.

On the 2nd of March 2024, the Israeli Defence Forces claimed to have struck a vehicle in southern Lebanon containing members of the 14th Imam Hossein Division.^[2]

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