Artesh Air Defence Force — Artesh — Force Atlas

概要

伊朗的國家防空軍種，於2008年自空軍分出——並透過Khatam al-Anbiya防空總部，成為伊朗正規軍與革命衛隊有紀錄可查共同運作的唯一職能。

廣泛活動地區: Iranian airspace
重要歷史: Iran separated air defence from the air force in 2008 and gave it its own service, an unusual arrangement that only a handful of states use and one that reflects how central the problem is to Iranian defence thinking. The Khatam al-Anbiya air-defence headquarters sits above the service and is described as coordinating the air-defence assets of both the Artesh and the Revolutionary Guard — the single documented instance of genuine joint operation between Iran's two militaries. Abdolrahim Mousavi commanded it from 2019 before becoming chief of the Armed Forces General Staff, which is part of why he was regarded as the Iranian officer with the most joint experience of his generation.
優勢: A dedicated service rather than an air-force subordinate function, a national command that spans both militaries, and long institutional focus on a threat Iran has expected for decades.
限制: The 2025 and 2026 wars were both opened by opponents operating in Iranian airspace, and US officials claimed air superiority over large parts of the country by March 2026 — a claim this module records as made rather than established. Iran does not publish its air-defence architecture, external assessments of it differ widely, and this record contains no sites, no coverage, no interceptor holdings, no readiness and no assessment of where defence is thin. That class of content is excluded by design, not omitted for want of sources.