8th Najaf Ashraf Division

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8th Najaf Ashraf Division
لشکر 8 نجف اشرف
Active	1981–present
Country	Najaf Ashraf " (نجف اشرف)
Engagements	Iran–Iraq War Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas Second Battle of Khorramshahr Operation Ramadan First Battle of al-Faw
Commanders
Current commander	Gen. Seif-o-allah Rashidzade
Notable commanders	Ahmad Kazemi Mehdi Bakeri (deputy) Hamid Bakeri Mohammad Pakpour Mohammad Taghi Amini

8th Najaf Ashraf Armored Division (Persian: لشکر 8 نجف اشرف) is a division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

It was first officially organized as the 8th Najaf Ashraf Brigade (

It was reportedly the first IRGC division to establish an armored unit, using captured Iraqi armor.[1] The division is also called 8th Najaf Ashraf Armored Division.

Notable commanders

• Maj.Gen. Ahmad Kazemi (commander)
• Lt. Gen. Mehdi Bakeri
  (deputy)
• Dep.Com. Hamid Bakeri (commander)
• Brig.Gen Mohammad Pakpour (commander)
• Brig.Gen Mansour Haghdoust
• Cpt. Mohsen Hojaji
• Lt. Musa Jamshidian
• Lt. Mohammad Javad Ghorbani
• Lt. Komeil Ghorbani
• Lt. Alireza Nouri
• Lt. Hassan Ahmadi
• Lt. Pouya Izadi
• Lt. Ruhollah Kafizade
• Lt. Mohsen Heidari
• Sgt. Musa Kazemi
• Pvt. Shir Hossein Hassani