The 41st Tharallah Division (also spelled Sarallah) () was a division of the

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also known as the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, is a multi-service primary branch of the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces, Iranian Armed Forces. It was officially established by Ruhollah Khom ...

from 1980 until it was merged into the Sarallah Corps of Kerman Province in 2008.

Formation

In 1980, a

battalion A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of up to one thousand soldiers. A battalion is commanded by a lieutenant colonel and subdivided into several Company (military unit), companies, each typically commanded by a Major (rank), ...

was established consisting of forces from Sistan and Baluchestan province, Hormozgan province and

Kerman province Kerman province () is the largest of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Kerman. The province is in the southeast of Iran. In 2014 it was placed in Region 5. Mentioned in ancient times as the Achaemenid satrapy of Carma ...

to fight in the

Iran–Iraq War The Iran–Iraq War, also known as the First Gulf War, was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. Active hostilities began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for nearly eight years, unti ...

. In 1981, it was expanded and organized as the 41st Tharallah Brigade (). It was further expanded to comprise 4 battalions by 1982, and 6 battalions later in that year. It was eventually expanded to a division on 7 February 1983, with three infantry

brigade A brigade is a major tactical military unit, military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements. It is roughly equivalent to an enlarged or reinforced regiment. Two or more brigades may constitute ...

s and one armored

. In 1984, another brigade and one independent anti-armor battalion joined the division. The Anti-Armor Independent Battalion was expanded to the Anti-Armor Brigade a year later.

Operations

The unit participated in various operations during

, namely Operation Meymak (Ammar 3), Operation Nasr 4,

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, Operation Dawn 10, Operation Beit-ol-Moqaddas 7,

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, Operation Karbala-5, Operation Karbala-10,

Operation Karbala-4 Operation Karbala-4 was an Iranian offensive in the Iran–Iraq War on the southern front. The operation was launched after the failure of Operation Karbala-2 and Operation Karbala-3 to move the Iraqi lines in an effort to capture Iraqi territor ...

Operation Karbala-1 In response to the First Battle of al-Faw, loss of the strategic al-Faw Peninsula during the Iran–Iraq War, the Iraqis pushed into Iran to seize the strategic Iranian city of Mehran, Ilam Province, Mehran to trade for the strategically importa ...

Operation Dawn 8 The First Battle of al-Faw was a battle of the Iran–Iraq War, fought on the al-Faw peninsula between 10 February and 10 March 1986. The Iranian operation is considered to be one of Iran's greatest achievements in the Iran–Iraq War. The Ira ...

, Operation Badr, Operation Kheibar, Operation Dawn 4,

Operation Dawn 3 Operation Dawn 3 or Operation Valfajr-3 (Persian: عملیات والفجر-۳) was an operation during the Iran–Iraq War. The operation was launched in the range of "semi-extensive operation" located in the general area of Mehran (in Ilam Pr ...

, Operation Dawn 1, Operation Ramazan,

Operation Beit-ol-Moqaddas Operation Beit-ol-Moqaddas (; Operation Jerusalem), also known as the Operation Toward Beit-ol-Moqaddas (), was an Iranian operation conducted during the Iran–Iraq War. The operation was a success, as it achieved its standing aim of liberati ...

Operation Fath-ol-Mobin Operation Fath-ol-Mobin (, a Quranic phrase meaning "Undeniable Victory" or "Manifest Victory") was a major Iranian military operation conducted during the Iran–Iraq War, in March 1982 and resulted to the Battle of Shush. The operation was le ...

Operation Tariq-ol-Qods The Liberation of Bostan, that codenamed Operation Tariq al-Quds (, meaning "Operation Path to Jerusalem") was a military operation launched by Iran during the Iran–Iraq War to free Bostan in the Khuzestan province. It was fought from 29 Novem ...

. Throughout the Iran-Iraq war, the commander of the unit was

Qasem Soleimani Qasem Soleimani (; 11 March 1957 – 3 January 2020) was an Iranian military officer who served in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). From 1998 until Assassination of Qasem Soleimani, his assassination by the United States in 2020, h ...

2003 plane crash

On 22 February 2003 an IRGC aircraft crashed near

Kerman Kerman (; ) is a city in the Central District (Kerman County), Central District of Kerman County, Kerman province, Kerman province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. History Kerman was founded as a def ...

, killing all 302 people on board, all of whom were personnel of the 41st Division.

Merge

The division was merged with the

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 ...

of Kerman Province to form the Sarallah Corps of Kerman Province during the rearrangement of the IRGC units in 2008. In 2009, Brig. Gen. Mohammad Hejazi was commander who oversaw the suppression of the civil unrest in the

2009 Iranian presidential election protests After incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared victory in the 2009 Iranian presidential election, protests broke out in major cities across Iran in support of opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi. The protests c ...

.Yaghoub Fazeli. (20 January 2020). "Iran’s IRGC appoints new Quds Force deputy commander"
Al Arabiya website
Retrieved 3 February 2020.

References

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Formation

Operations

2003 plane crash

Merge

See also

References