The 110th Salman Farsi Special Operations Brigade () is an
SOF Takavar
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unit of the
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces
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based in the city of
Zahedan
Zahedan (Balochi language, Balochi and ; ) is a city in the Central District (Zahedan County), Central District of Zahedan County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, th ...
, in the province of
Sistan and Baluchistan.
The brigade is currently commanded by
Brigadier General Hossein Almasi () and part of the "Qods sector headquarters" in southeastern Iran.
History
The brigade originated in 1986 as a battalion of the
41st Tharallah Division
The 41st Tharallah Division (also spelled Sarallah) () was a division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from 1980 until it was merged into the Sarallah Corps of Kerman Province in 2008.
Formation
In 1980, a battalion was established consi ...
, taking part in the
Iran-Iraq war.
After the war, it became its own brigade in 2011, and in 2015, following necessary special training, the brigade was declared a special operations Takavar brigade. Since then, it has taken part in combating the
insurgency in Sistan and Baluchistan province from its base in the city of Zahedan, as well as partaking in the
Iranian involvement in the Syrian civil war.
Assassination attempts
April 2017
On 10 April 2017, reports emerged that two gunman with unclear organizational affiliation had assassinated Ruhollah A’ali, a battalion commander in the 110th brigade. The two gunman were reportedly killed by
Basij
The Basij (, lit. ''The Mobilization'') or Sâzmân-e Basij-e Mostaz'afin (, lit. ''Organization for Mobilization of the Oppressed''), is a paramilitary volunteer militia within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and one of its five ...
fighters in the ensuing combat. While the identity of the perpetrators was not disclosed, the
Islamic State
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had released a video threatening Iranian forces only days prior, leading some to speculate that they were responsible for the attack.
April 2022
On 23 April 2022, the Qods sector headquarters announced that 4 gunmen had ambushed the car of 110th brigade commander Hossein Almasi at a military checkpoint near Zahedan, killing one of his bodyguards named Mahmoud Absalan but failing to assassinate the commander.
While blame for the assassination attempt was not officially put on any party, some held the
Mossad
The Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations (), popularly known as Mossad ( , ), is the national intelligence agency of the Israel, State of Israel. It is one of the main entities in the Israeli Intelligence Community, along with M ...
responsible for the attack, connecting it to the Iranian Police's claimed arrest of 3 spies working for the Mossad 3 days prior.
See also
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Special forces of Iran
This is a list of special forces units in Iranian Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Armed Forces and Iranian police, police.
The name can refer to members of regular units who have successfully completed Commando or Ranger training cou ...
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Saberin Takavar Brigade
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33rd Al-Mahdi Airborne Brigade
References
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Special forces of Iran
Military units and formations of Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution