Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Install
Faster access than browser!
 

2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel and Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between 2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel and Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran

2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel vs. Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iranian military personnel arrested 15 Royal Navy personnel in 2007 and held them for 13 days. The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (نيروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی ايران) include the Army (''Artesh''), the Revolutionary Guard Corps (''Sepāh'') and the Law Enforcement Force (Police).

Similarities between 2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel and Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran

2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel and Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran have 15 things in common (in Unionpedia): Ali Khamenei, Basij, BBC, Brigadier general, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Iraq War, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Persian Gulf, Quds Force, Royal Navy, Shatt al-Arab, 2004 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel, 2016 U.S.–Iran naval incident.

Ali Khamenei

Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei (سید علی حسینی خامنه‌ای,; born 17 July 1939) is a ''marja'' and the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran, in office since 1989.

2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel and Ali Khamenei · Ali Khamenei and Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran · See more »

Basij

The Basij (بسيج, lit. "The Mobilization"), Niruyeh Moghavemat Basij (نیروی مقاومت بسیج, "Mobilisation Resistance Force"), full name Sāzmān-e Basij-e Mostaz'afin (سازمان بسیج مستضعفین, "The Organization for Mobilization of the Oppressed"), is one of the five forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel and Basij · Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Basij · See more »

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel and BBC · Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and BBC · See more »

Brigadier general

Brigadier general (Brig. Gen.) is a senior rank in the armed forces.

2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel and Brigadier general · Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Brigadier general · See more »

Iran

Iran (ایران), also known as Persia, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (جمهوری اسلامی ایران), is a sovereign state in Western Asia. With over 81 million inhabitants, Iran is the world's 18th-most-populous country. Comprising a land area of, it is the second-largest country in the Middle East and the 17th-largest in the world. Iran is bordered to the northwest by Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan, to the north by the Caspian Sea, to the northeast by Turkmenistan, to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan, to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, and to the west by Turkey and Iraq. The country's central location in Eurasia and Western Asia, and its proximity to the Strait of Hormuz, give it geostrategic importance. Tehran is the country's capital and largest city, as well as its leading economic and cultural center. Iran is home to one of the world's oldest civilizations, beginning with the formation of the Elamite kingdoms in the fourth millennium BCE. It was first unified by the Iranian Medes in the seventh century BCE, reaching its greatest territorial size in the sixth century BCE, when Cyrus the Great founded the Achaemenid Empire, which stretched from Eastern Europe to the Indus Valley, becoming one of the largest empires in history. The Iranian realm fell to Alexander the Great in the fourth century BCE and was divided into several Hellenistic states. An Iranian rebellion culminated in the establishment of the Parthian Empire, which was succeeded in the third century CE by the Sasanian Empire, a leading world power for the next four centuries. Arab Muslims conquered the empire in the seventh century CE, displacing the indigenous faiths of Zoroastrianism and Manichaeism with Islam. Iran made major contributions to the Islamic Golden Age that followed, producing many influential figures in art and science. After two centuries, a period of various native Muslim dynasties began, which were later conquered by the Turks and the Mongols. The rise of the Safavids in the 15th century led to the reestablishment of a unified Iranian state and national identity, with the country's conversion to Shia Islam marking a turning point in Iranian and Muslim history. Under Nader Shah, Iran was one of the most powerful states in the 18th century, though by the 19th century, a series of conflicts with the Russian Empire led to significant territorial losses. Popular unrest led to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy and the country's first legislature. A 1953 coup instigated by the United Kingdom and the United States resulted in greater autocracy and growing anti-Western resentment. Subsequent unrest against foreign influence and political repression led to the 1979 Revolution and the establishment of an Islamic republic, a political system that includes elements of a parliamentary democracy vetted and supervised by a theocracy governed by an autocratic "Supreme Leader". During the 1980s, the country was engaged in a war with Iraq, which lasted for almost nine years and resulted in a high number of casualties and economic losses for both sides. According to international reports, Iran's human rights record is exceptionally poor. The regime in Iran is undemocratic, and has frequently persecuted and arrested critics of the government and its Supreme Leader. Women's rights in Iran are described as seriously inadequate, and children's rights have been severely violated, with more child offenders being executed in Iran than in any other country in the world. Since the 2000s, Iran's controversial nuclear program has raised concerns, which is part of the basis of the international sanctions against the country. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, an agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1, was created on 14 July 2015, aimed to loosen the nuclear sanctions in exchange for Iran's restriction in producing enriched uranium. Iran is a founding member of the UN, ECO, NAM, OIC, and OPEC. It is a major regional and middle power, and its large reserves of fossil fuels – which include the world's largest natural gas supply and the fourth-largest proven oil reserves – exert considerable influence in international energy security and the world economy. The country's rich cultural legacy is reflected in part by its 22 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the third-largest number in Asia and eleventh-largest in the world. Iran is a multicultural country comprising numerous ethnic and linguistic groups, the largest being Persians (61%), Azeris (16%), Kurds (10%), and Lurs (6%).

2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel and Iran · Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iran · See more »

Iranian Revolution

The Iranian Revolution (Enqelāb-e Iran; also known as the Islamic Revolution or the 1979 Revolution), Iran Chamber.

2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel and Iranian Revolution · Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iranian Revolution · See more »

Iraq War

The Iraq WarThe conflict is also known as the War in Iraq, the Occupation of Iraq, the Second Gulf War, and Gulf War II.

2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel and Iraq War · Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq War · See more »

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) (lit or Sepâh for short) is a branch of Iran's Armed Forces founded after 1979 Revolution on 22 April 1979 by order of Ayatollah Khomeini.IISS Military Balance 2006, Routledge for the IISS, London, 2006, p. 187 Whereas the regular military (or Artesh) defends Iran's borders and maintains internal order, according to the Iranian constitution, the Revolutionary Guard (pasdaran) is intended to protect the country's Islamic Republic system. The Revolutionary Guards state that their role in protecting the Islamic system is preventing foreign interference as well as coups by the military or "deviant movements". The Revolutionary Guards have roughly 125,000 military personnel including ground, aerospace and naval forces. Its naval forces are now the primary forces tasked with operational control of the Persian Gulf. GlobalBearings.net, 15 December 2011. It also controls the paramilitary Basij militia which has about 90,000 active personnel.Abrahamian, Ervand, History of Modern Iran, Columbia University Press, 2008 pp. 175–76 Its media arm is Sepah News. Since its origin as an ideologically driven militia, the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution has taken a greater role in nearly every aspect of Iranian society. Its expanded social, political, military and economic role under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's administration—especially during the 2009 presidential election and post-election suppression of protest—has led many Western analysts to argue that its political power has surpassed even that of the Shia clerical system. The Chief Commander of the Guardians since 2007 is Mohammad Ali Jafari, who was preceded by Yahya Rahim Safavi from 1997.

2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · See more »

Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

The Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) or Revolutionary Guards' Navy (نیروی دریایی سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی), acronym NEDSA (ندسا), consists of 20,000 men and 1,500 boats and fast attack boats separate from the regular Navy of ''Artesh'' assuming control over Iranian maritime operations in the Persian Gulf.

2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel and Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · See more »

Persian Gulf

The Persian Gulf (lit), (الخليج الفارسي) is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia.

2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel and Persian Gulf · Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Persian Gulf · See more »

Quds Force

The Quds Force (سپاه قدس sepāh-e qods) is a special forces unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guards responsible for their extraterritorial operations.

2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel and Quds Force · Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Quds Force · See more »

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel and Royal Navy · Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Royal Navy · See more »

Shatt al-Arab

Arvand Rud (اَروَندرود, Swift River) or Shatt al-Arab (شط العرب, River of the Arabs) is a river of some 200 km (120 mi) in length, formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and the Tigris in the town of al-Qurnah in the Basra Governorate of southern Iraq.

2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel and Shatt al-Arab · Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Shatt al-Arab · See more »

2004 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel

The 2004 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel took place in the Shatt al-Arab (Arvand Rud in Persian) waterway on 21 June.

2004 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel and 2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel · 2004 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel and Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran · See more »

2016 U.S.–Iran naval incident

On January 12, 2016, two United States Navy riverine command boats were seized by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy after they entered Iranian territorial waters near Iran's Farsi Island in the Persian Gulf.

2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel and 2016 U.S.–Iran naval incident · 2016 U.S.–Iran naval incident and Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran · See more »

The list above answers the following questions

2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel and Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran Comparison

2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel has 199 relations, while Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran has 150. As they have in common 15, the Jaccard index is 4.30% = 15 / (199 + 150).

References

This article shows the relationship between 2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel and Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran. To access each article from which the information was extracted, please visit:

Hey! We are on Facebook now! »