Iranian Police Special Units

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Not to be confused with NOPO.
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Special Units Command of NAJA (Persian: فرماندهی یگان‌های ویژه ناجا), acronymed YEGUP (Persian: یگوپ),[1] is a subdivision of Law Enforcement Force of Islamic Republic of Iran in charge of its special forces. It consists of 3 units, named after Mûsâ ibn Ja‘far, Imam Khomeini and Amīr al-Mu'minīn. The command has specialist units for hostage rescue, mounted police, riot police, police dog, airborne, etc.[2] Anti-Terror Special Force are a part of this police force.

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  1. ^ "اسم هاي مخفف در نيروهاي مسلح" (in Persian). Parsine. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. ^ Hossein Bastani (24 June 2014), Myth and Reality About NOPO Operations in Iran (in Persian), BBC, retrieved 28 September 2015
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