Ministry of Revolutionary Guards
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| Ministry overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | November 1982 |
| Dissolved | August 1989 |
| Superseding agency | |
| Jurisdiction | Iran |
| Annual budget | $700 million (1987) |
| Parent department | Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution |
Ministry of Guards (Persian: وزارت سپاه, translit. Vezārat-e Sepāh) was a government ministry in Iran between 1982 and 1989, which mainly acted as a ministry of defence dedicated to logistically supply the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. By having its own ministry, the Corps were able to acquire a powerful voice in the cabinet of Iran. It also implied greater regulation and supervision over the Corps by placing its acquisitions and purchases under and the audit and purview of the government.
It mirrored the existing parallel Ministry of National Defence (the word "National" was dropped in 1984) which solely supported and addressed the administrative affairs of the Iranian Army (Artesh) during these years. In 1989, it was dissolved and reintegrated into the Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL), in order to centralize military logistics among the Iranian Armed Forces.
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