ASVARAN

ASVARAN (Persian: اسواران; officially blend word for "Asb Savaran", Persian: اسب‌سواران, Hoursemounters; the word Asvaran itself also means Cavalries) is the mounted police unit of Law Enforcement Command of Islamic Republic of Iran and a subdivision of its Special Units Command. The unit specializes in crowd control and riot control.

The mounted police, part of the Iranian Police Special Units, was established in 2013, following the reorganisation after the suppression of the Green Movement.

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References

  1. 1 2 "ایسنا - یک روز با پلیس‌های اسب‌سوار+عکس". Iranian Students' News Agency (in Persian). 21 April 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "اسواران". Abadis Online Dictionary (in Persian). Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "پلیس ایران با اسب آمد". BBC Persian (in Persian). 5 July 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Golkar, Saeid (2025). "Law Enforcement and the Judiciary in Postrevolutionary Iran". In Enayat, Hadi; Künkler, Mirjam (eds.). The rule of law in the Islamic Republic of Iran: power, institutions, and the limits of reform. Cambridge (GB): Cambridge University Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-1-108-48142-7.