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The military ranks of Imperial Iran are the military insignia used by the Military of Imperial Iran. Commander-in-chief insignia. Branch Army Navy Air force
Malekeh Queen Malekeh Jahaan World Queen, title shared by Nasser-ed-Din Shah's mother and Mohammad 'Ali Shah's wife. Mahd-e-Oliaa "Queen Mother" (Lit. Mahd = hearth or cradle; Olia' = most high; thus = "most high hearth or cradle" or "most high life giving place" ; i.e., place from whence one is born, and thus more elegantly translated as "Sublime Cradle."
The military ranks of Iran are the ranks used by the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces. The armed forces are split into the Islamic Republic of Iran Army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The ranks used by the Law Enforcement Forces share a similar structure to the military.
By the late 1990s, Iran had become a major importer of food. At that time, economic hardship in the countryside resulted in vast numbers of people moving to cities. [3] The eight-year war with Iraq claimed at least 300,000 Iranian lives and injured more than 500,000. The cost of the war to the country's economy was some $500 billion.
The Imperial State of Iran, officially known in English as the Imperial State of Persia until 1935, [3] and commonly referred to as Pahlavi Iran, [d] was the Iranian state under the rule of the Pahlavi dynasty.
The imperial coat of arms of Iran under the Pahlavi dynasty, used from 1925 to 1979. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980) held numerous titles and honours, both during and before his time as Shah of Iran .
The Imperial Iranian Air Force (IIAF) was a branch of the Imperial Iranian Armed Forces and was established by Reza Shah, the Shah of Iran, in 1920. [citation needed] It became operational with its first fully trained pilots on February 25, 1925.
The 1st class was limited to the immediate Iranian Imperial Family, reigning monarchs, and foreign heads of state. The 2nd class was awarded to other male members of the Iranian Imperial Family and to crown princes of foreign nations. [1] The order was abolished by the Islamic Republic of Iran after the fall of the last Shah. Since then, the ...