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Introduction - Iran: | Location - Iran: | People - Iran: | Government - Iran: | Economy - Iran: | Communications - Iran: | Transportation - Iran: | Military - Iran: | Military branches | Islamic Republic of Iran Regular Forces (Artesh): Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force of the Military of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Niru-ye Havai-ye Artesh-e Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran; includes air defense); Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Sepah-e Pasdaran-e Enqelab-e Eslami, IRGC): Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force, Qods Force (special operations), and Basij Force (Popular Mobilization Army); Law Enforcement Forces (2007) | | Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of age for volunteers; soldiers as young as 9 were recruited extensively during the Iran-Iraq War; conscript service obligation - 18 months (2004) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 18,319,545
females age 18-49: 17,541,037 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 15,665,725
females age 18-49: 15,005,597 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 862,056
females age 18-49: 808,044 (2005 est.) | | Refugees and internally displaced persons | refugees (country of origin): 662,355 (Afghanistan), 54,000 (Iraq) (2006) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 2.5% (2006) | | Trafficking in persons | current situation: Iran is a source, transit, and destination country for women and girls trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and involuntary servitude; according to foreign observers, women and girls are trafficked to Pakistan, Turkey, the Persian Gulf, and Europe for sexual exploitation, while boys from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan are trafficked through Iran en route to Persian Gulf states where they are ultimately forced to work as camel jockeys, beggars, or laborers; Afghan women and girls are trafficked to the country for forced marriages and sexual exploitation; women and children are also trafficked internally for the purposes of forced marriage, sexual exploitation, and involuntary servitude
tier rating: Tier 3 - Iran is downgraded to Tier 3 after persistent, credible reports of Iranian authorities punishing victims of trafficking with beatings, imprisonment, and execution | | Disputes international | Iran protests Afghanistans limiting flow of dammed tributaries to the Helmand River in periods of drought; Iraqs lack of a maritime boundary with Iran prompts jurisdiction disputes beyond the mouth of the Shatt al Arab in the Persian Gulf; Iran and UAE dispute Tunb Islands and Abu Musa Island, which are occupied by Iran; Iran stands alone among littoral states in insisting upon a division of the Caspian Sea into five equal sectors | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |