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77th Pirooz Infantry Division of Khurasan

77th Infantry Division
لشکر ۷۷ پیاده
77th Infantry Division of Khurasan.svg
Country  Iran
Branch IRI.Army Ground Force Seal.svg Ground Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran Army
Type Infantry
Role Combined arms
Size Division
Garrison/HQ Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province
Nickname(s) "Lashkare Pirooz-e Samen-ol-A'emeh" (The Victorios Division of Samen-ol-A'emeh)
Equipment M47 Pattons
BTR-50s
Engagements 1979 Kurdish rebellion
Iran–Iraq War
Commanders
Current
commander
Second Brig. Gen. Ali Jahanshahi
Notable
commanders
Ataollah Salehi

77th "Pirooz-e Samen-ol-A'emeh" Infantry Division of Khorasan (Persian: لشگر پیاده ۷۷ پیروز ثامن‌الائمه خراسان‎‎) is an infantry division of the Ground Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran Army based in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province. It was formerly being called 77th Infantry Division of Khorasan and was renamed to "The Victor of Samen-ol-A'emeh" (پیروز ثامن‌الائمه Pirooz-e Samen-ol-A'emeh) later after the successful Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh during Iran-Iraq war, which was led by this division.

It was active during the Imperial Iranian regime during the 1970s. During the Iran-Iraq War the division fought in the Operation Fath ol-Mobin (March 1982),Operation Ramadan (July 1982),Operation Badr (March 1985), and Operation Karbala-6 in early 1987.


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