ASVARAN

Law Enforcement Command
Islamic Republic of Iran's

Preceding agencies
Shahrbani Gendarmerie Islamic Revolution Committees
Independent organizations
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Child agencies
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Specialist units
Special Units Anti-Terror Force (NOPO) Police dogs (SAPCA) Mounted police (ASVARAN) Aviation Unit Cultural Heritage Unit Natural Resources Unit
Research and Education
Centre for Strategic Studies Police University
Other subdivisions
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ASVARAN (Persian: اسواران; officially blend word for "Asb Savaran",^[1] Persian: اسب‌سواران, Hoursemounters; the word Asvaran itself also means Cavalries^[2]) is the mounted police unit of Law Enforcement Command of Islamic Republic of Iran and a subdivision of its Special Units Command.^[1] The unit specializes in crowd control and riot control.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "ایسنا - یک روز با پلیس‌های اسب‌سوار+عکس". Iranian Students' News Agency (in Persian). 21 April 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
^ "اسواران". Abadis Online Dictionary (in Persian). Retrieved 2 January 2016.
^ "پلیس ایران با اسب آمد". BBC Persian (in Persian). 5 July 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2016.

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