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Formed | 22 August 1989 |
Jurisdiction | Islamic Republic of Iran |
Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
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Website | http://www.mod.ir/ |
The Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL; Persian: وزارت دفاع و پشتیبانی نیروهای مسلح) is the defence ministry of the Islamic Republic of Iran, reestablished in 1989.
The ministry is responsible for planning, logistics and funding of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, while the General Staff, a separate institution under command of the supreme leader of Iran, has control over the forces. The ministry is considered one of the three "sovereign" ministerial bodies of Iran due to nature of its work at home and abroad.
Iran's military industry, under the command of Iran's Ministry of Defense, is composed of the following main components: