41st Tharallah Division
military unit
The 41st Tharallah Division (also spelled Sarallah) (Persian: لشکر 41 ثارالله) was a division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from 1980 until it was merged into the Sarallah Corps of Kerman Province in 2008.
Formation
In 1980, a battalion was established consisting of forces from Sistan and Baluchestan province, Hormozgan province and Kerman province to fight in the Iran–Iraq War. In 1981, it was expanded and organized as the 41st Tharallah Brigade (Persian: تیپ 41 ثارالله). It was further expanded to comprise 4 battalions by 1982, and 6 battalions later in that year. It was eventually expanded to a division on 7 February 1983, with three infantry brigades and one armored battalion. In 1984, another brigade and one independent anti-armor battalion joined the division. The Anti-Armor Independent Battalion was expanded to the Anti-Armor Brigade a year later.
Operations
The unit participated in various operations during Iran–Iraq War, namely Operation Meymak (Ammar 3), Operation Nasr 4, Operation Omm-ol-Hasanayn, Operation Dawn 10, Operation Beit-ol-Moqaddas 7, Operation Bazi-Deraz 2, Operation Karbala-5, Operation Karbala-10, Operation Karbala-4, Operation Karbala-1, Operation Dawn 8, Operation Badr, Operation Kheibar, Operation Dawn 4, Operation Dawn 3, Operation Dawn 1, Operation Ramazan, Operation Beit-ol-Moqaddas, Operation Fath-ol-Mobin, Operation Tariq-ol-Qods.
Throughout the Iran-Iraq war, the commander of the unit was Qasem Soleimani.
2003 plane crash
On 22 February 2003 an IRGC aircraft crashed near Kerman, killing all 302 people on board, all of whom were personnel of the 41st Division.
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