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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
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Logo of the Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran
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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
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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
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
Notables
Anniversary 5 October

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.


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