Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran نیروی انتظامی جمهوری اسلامی ایران Nīrū-ye entezāmī-ye jomhūrī-ye eslāmī-ye Īrān
Common name	Iranian Police
Abbreviation	NAJA
Logo of the Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Flag of the Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Motto	Arabic: كُونُواْ قَوَّامِينَ لِلّهِ شُهَدَاء بِالْقِسْط‎‎ "Be Persistently Standing Firm for Allah, Witnesses in Justice." [Quran 5:8]
Agency overview
Formed	April 1, 1991
Preceding agency	Shahrbani (1913–1991) Gendarmerie (1910–1991) Committee (1979–1991)
Employees	≈500,000 (including conscripts and reserves)
Volunteers	≈35,000 honorary police
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Iran
Map of Iran with province borders
Size	1,648,195 km2
Population	78,192,200 (2013)
Constituting instrument	Law Enforcement Force Act 1990 (Persian)
General nature	Law enforcement Gendarmerie Secret police Religious police
Operational structure
Minister responsible	Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, Minister of Interior
Agency executive	Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari, Chief Commander
Parent agency	General Staff of Armed Forces
Notables Anniversary 5 October
Website
police.ir

The Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran or Disciplinary Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Persian: نیروی انتظامی جمهوری اسلامی ایران‎‎), abbreviated as NAJA (Persian: ناجا‎‎) is the uniformed police force in Iran. The force was created in early 1992 by merging the Shahrbani (Persian: شهربانی Šahrbānī‎‎), Gendarmerie (Persian: ژاندارمری Žāndārmerī‎‎) and Islamic Revolutionary Committees (Persian: کمیته Komīte‎‎) into a single force. It has more than 60,000 police personnel, including border guard personnel, and is under the control of the Ministry of Interior. In 2003, some 400 women became the first female members of the police force since the 1979 Iranian Revolution but women are not currently recruited.

The Persian Gendarmerie, also called the Government Gendarmerie (ژاندارمری دولتی), was the first modern highway patrol and rural police force in Persia. A paramilitary force, it also played a significant part in politics from its establishment in 1910 during the Qajar dynasty until the advent of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1921. It was active for some time in Pahlavi era. Nazmiyeh (نظمیه) was also a Law Enforcement force in Persia, with police duties inside cities.