Many have been questioning how the country would fare up against the strongest military in the world
Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani has vowed their will be severe consequences for the US after President Donald Trump ordered the killing of Qasem Soleimani ordered the killing of Iran’s top general, Qasem Soleimani, many have been questioning how the country would fare up against the strongest military in the world.
Mr Trump accused Iran’s second most powerful commander of being responsible for a series of proxy wars across the Middle East, including ‘orchestrated’ militia attacks on US-coalition bases in Iraq. Iran has already made it clear that the US will suffer severe consequences for the attack, with supreme leader Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami threatening American troops in the Middle East.
However, its strength lies in its network of proxy forces led by the Quds Force, a unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – a branch of the country’s Armed Forces founded after the Iranian Revolution in 1979.AdvertisementBut with a population of more than 83,000,000 the country, it has the ability to draw on more manpower if necessary .Its land power consists of 8,577 combat tanks, rocket projectors, self-propelled artillery, armored fighting vehicles and towed artillery.
Its powers are considerably stronger than Iran’s with 1,281,900 active personnel and an extra 144,872,845 in available manpower. In the late 1990s, Soleimani took control of the Quds Force – which is believed to have about 5,000 active personnel – and became well-known for high-profile links to parliamentary groups across Syria and Yemen.
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