How many troops does Iran have ?

Question

I am sure that I read somewhere that Iran has lots of soldiers because of its current dispute with Pakistan over the Kashmir.

Does this not pose a serious problem for the USA ?

Answer 1

They have 350,000 troops, and 200,000 of them are conscripts. They have 4 armored divisions, six infantry divisions, two commando brigades and one airborne brigade. Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Iran has military forces numbering twelve million. Iran is ranked number 21 in a list of countries by military expenditure and number 16 in a list of military power. Short answer yes it could pose a problem. Long answer: In 1991 Iraq was ranked as the forth largest army in the world and the Persian Gulf War was a easily won war for the US. Although if Iran possessed nuclear weapons the likelyhood of the US interfering in Irainian affairs would be small.

Answer 3

The Islamic Republic of Iran has two kinds of armed forces: the regular forces and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), totalling about 545,000 personnel. Both fall under the command of the Ministry of Defence & Armed Forces Logistics.

The regular armed forces has an estimated 420,000 troops in three branches: Ground Forces, 350,000 troops; Navy, 18,000 sailors; and Air Force, 52,000 airmen.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has an estimated 125,000 personnel in five branches: Qods Force (Special Forces), Basij (Paramilitary), Navy, Air Force, and the Ground Forces.
Iran also has a paramilitary volunteer force called the Basij (or Baseej), which includes about 90,000 full-time, active-duty uniformed Basij members, up to 300,000 reservists, and a further 11 million men and women who could be mobilized.

Iran's military capabilities are kept largely secret. In recent years, official announcements have highlighted the development of weapons such as Fajr-3 (MIRV) missile, Hoot, Kowsar, Fateh-110, Shahab-3, and a variety of unmanned aerial vehicles, at least one of which Israel claims has been used to spy on Israel. In 2006, Iranian officials said, its UAVs spied on the American aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan for 25 minutes without being detected.

U.S. officials have alleged that Iran is developing nuclear weapons. The United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency, in its February 2006 report on Iran's nuclear programme, said it had no evidence of this.

Answer 4

The size of a nation's armed forces is only one element to consider; large number of troops does not necessarily equal a formidable enemy. Other things matter, probably even more than sheer size: Training - are the soldiers competent? Command: Are the generals sound strategists and do they have the clout with their higher-ups in implement that strategy? Weapons: One cannot overemphasize the import of assessing the enemy's weaponry. For example, if Tehran has nuclear weapons deployable by means of an ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile), it doesn't really matter how many bodies in uniform they have, does it?

Answer 5

just over 12 million