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{{Short description|Honorific title ranking 2nd Brigadier General and higher}}
{{about|modern-day title in the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]]|the general and historic usage|Sardar}}
[[File:IRGC NAJA Sardar Badge.svg|150px|thumbnail|[[Gorget patches]] for Sardars (used on collars)]]
'''Sardar''' ({{langx|fa|سردار}}), roughly equivalent to "General", is the [[honorific]] title used for [[Officer (armed forces)|officers]] of [[highest military ranks|high rank]], ranking [[Brigadier General|Second Brigadier General]] and higher in the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]] and commanders of the [[Law Enforcement Force of Islamic Republic of Iran]] (Police) who have previously served in the former military or the [[Islamic Revolution Committees]], as well as the commanders of the disbanded [[Jihad of Construction]]. Sardars are often graduates of the [[IRGC University of Command and Staff|University of Command and Staff]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tebyan.net/newindex.aspx?pid=934&articleID=705298|language=fa|title=آموزش و آشنایی با درجات نظامی ایران|website=Tebyan|access-date=31 December 2015|archive-date=17 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217195915/http://www.tebyan.net/newindex.aspx?pid=934&articleID=705298|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The title is equivalent to "''[[Amir (Iranian Army)|Amir]]''" or "''[[Timsar]]''" in the [[Islamic Republic of Iran Army]].
Ranks being addressed by the title include:
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||Rank
||Sartip 2<br />Pasdar
||[[Brigadier General|Sartip]]<br /> Pasdar
||[[Major General|Sarlashgar]]<br /> Pasdar
||[[Lieutenant General|Sepahbod]]<br /> Pasdar
||[[Field Marshal|Arteshbod]]<br /> Pasdar
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||Insignia
||[[File:17- Sartipp 2nd-IRGC.png|center|55px]]
||[[File:18- Sartipp-IRGC.png|center|55px]]
||[[File:19- Sarlashgar-IRGC.png|center|55px]]
||[[File:20- Sepahbod-IRGC.png|center|55px]]
||[[File:21- Arteshbod-IRGC.png|center|55px]]
|-
|}
== See also ==
* [[Rank insignia of the Iranian military]]
== References ==
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[[Category:Titles in Iran]]
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