Pro-Government Militias

Komiteh (Iran)

Name assigned by coder:	no
PGM ID Number:	244
Country:	Iran
Date formed:	April 1, 1979
Details of Formation:	Formed in 1979 - assumed with start of new regime.
Date dissolved:	Feb. 5, 1995
Details of Termination:	Merged with municipal police between 1991-1995. Sources differ.
Successor group(s):	none
Private Military Company?	no
Government Relation:	type2
Government Link(s):	state/military institution
Training and Equipment	yes
Shared Information and Joint Operations	no information
Shared personnel	no information
Types of Material Support:	domestic government
State Sponsor(s):	none
Other Connection(s):
Membership:	religious; village/rural; urban
Location:
Force Strength:	[unknown, unknown]
Target(s):	criminals; unarmed political opposition, government critics
Purpose(s):	protect state, national or religious institutions; protect state, national or religious leader(s); intelligence gathering
Other Information:	organised around mosques and connected to Revolutionary Guards and interior ministry.