1st Marine Brigade (Iran)

1st Marine Brigade
1st Marine Brigade
تیپ یکم تفنگداران دریایی
Country	Iran
Allegiance	Supreme Leader of Iran
Branch	Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Type	Takavar marines
Role	Special operations ; Amphibious Assault
Part of	Artesh
Garrison/HQ	Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province
Engagements	Iran–Iraq War; Gulf of Aden Anti-Piracy Operations;

1st Marine Imam Hossein Brigade (Persian: تیپ یکم تفنگداران دریایی امام حسین) is a marines brigade of Islamic Republic of Iran Navy based in Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan. The unit is one of top Takavar units among Iranian Armed Forces.[1] The brigade operates in Persian Gulf and is able to operate 3,000 kilometers away from its HQ.[1]

Mission set

According to the US government, Islamic Republic of Iran Navy MARSOF "probably is trained in a variety of capabilities, including combat diving, parachuting, amphibious assault, airborne assault, underwater demo- litions, special reconnaissance, and maritime visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) operations. IRIN SBS personnel are also capable of covert insertion from the IRIN's midget submarines.[2]

References

"ناخدا عزیزی: تکاوران دریایی آماده انجام ماموریت های مختلف در آب های آزاد هستند". Islamic Republic News Agency. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
Iran Military Power (PDF). Defense Intelligence Agency. 2019. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-16-095157-2. This article incorporates public-domain text from this source.

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[IRNA-1] "ناخدا عزیزی: تکاوران دریایی آماده انجام ماموریت های مختلف در آب های آزاد هستند". Islamic Republic News Agency. Retrieved 25 December 2015.

[2] Iran Military Power (PDF). Defense Intelligence Agency. 2019. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-16-095157-2. This article incorporates public-domain text from this source.