Sepah

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Sepah is the common Persian abbreviation for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, an influential military and political force in the country.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sepah canonical 1
سپاه 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of armed forces ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
political actor ⓘ
abbreviationLanguage Persian ⓘ
alsoKnownAs IRGC ⓘ
Pasdaran ⓘ
associatedWithGovernment Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
linked to: Iran
capitalOfOperatingCountry Tehran ⓘ
controls Basij paramilitary forces ⓘ
linked to: Basij
country Iran ⓘ
engagesIn economic activities ⓘ
intelligence activities ⓘ
regional proxy operations ⓘ
foundingEvent Iranian Revolution ⓘ
foundingPurpose defend the Islamic Revolution ⓘ
fullName Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ⓘ
hasBranch Basij ⓘ
IRGC Aerospace Force ⓘ
IRGC Ground Forces ⓘ
IRGC Intelligence Organization ⓘ
IRGC Navy ⓘ
Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters ⓘ
Quds Force ⓘ
hasMilitaryCapability asymmetric warfare ⓘ
ballistic missiles ⓘ
unconventional warfare ⓘ
headquartersLocation Tehran ⓘ
ideology Islamism ⓘ
Velayat-e Faqih ⓘ
inception 1979 ⓘ
influences Iranian economy ⓘ
Iranian foreign policy ⓘ
Iranian politics ⓘ
languageOfName Persian ⓘ
linked to: Persian language
legalStatus official branch of Iran’s armed forces ⓘ
loyalty Supreme Leader of Iran ⓘ
nativeName سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی ⓘ
operatesIn Iran ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
partOf Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
primaryRole external operations ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
political influence ⓘ
protect Islamic Republic system ⓘ
religion Shia Islam ⓘ
scriptOfNativeName Arabic script ⓘ
shortNativeName سپاه ⓘ
linked to: Sepah
typeOfAbbreviation common short form in Persian ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sepah → shortNativeName → سپاه ⓘ
linked to: Sepah