Iran's military strength seems to be not so strong. Why do some people say it is the overlord of the Middle East?

There are only a few powerful countries in the Middle East. Judging from the comprehensive strength, Iran's military strength is relatively strong, and it can be regarded as a powerful country in the Middle East, but no one says that it is the hegemon in the Middle East.

Brief introduction of Iran's military strength

Iran has a large number of ground troops, which are mainly composed of two parts: the Iranian army and the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

The Iranian army consists of 350,000 active servicemen, including 6.5438+300,000 professional servicemen and 220,000 conscripts. These troops are composed of four armored divisions, two infantry divisions, four light infantry divisions, six artillery groups, two special assault divisions, 1 airborne brigade, three to four assault brigades, and an unknown number of aviation units and independent armored infantry brigades.

The Iranian Army is equipped with 1600 main battle tanks, 725 reconnaissance and infantry fighting vehicles, 640 armored personnel carriers, more than 2,300 towed and self-propelled guns, and 1400 multi-barrel rockets. The backbone of Iran's ground assault troops is Russian-style equipment (such as T-72 tanks) purchased in the 1990s, and distributed to those ace troops who have fought many battles.

Iran has really made great efforts in the localization of main battle equipment, and now it has a relatively complete military Industry-University-Research system (better than those oil-rich countries in the Persian Gulf), which can produce light weapons on a large scale and copy the domestic version of BMP-2 chariot and T-72 main battle tank.

The ground forces of the Revolutionary Guard parallel to the army are said to have hundreds of thousands of troops, but they are mainly light equipment and more mobile. The paramilitary organization it leads claims to have 4 million to 5 million militia. The most important part of the Revolutionary Guard is the Holy City Army, which consists of1.5,000 to 30,000 members of the most elite Revolutionary Guard. Al-Quds Army is actually a special force of Iran, but its battlefield is mainly overseas.

Second, the causes of the Middle East problem

1. European Christians persecuted Jews.

2. Jews insist on rebuilding their country in Palestine.

3. United States-led General Assembly resolution 18 1.