5th Nasr Division (, or lashkar-5-Nasr) is one of the Divisions of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. It is also known as the Sepah-e Nsar Corps.
Formation and the Iran–Iraq War The unit was formed from troops of Khorasan province in 1982 during the Iran–Iraq War before the preliminary moves of Operation Dawn. Its first commander was Hassan Bagheri Afshardi. Hassan Bagheri was in charge of the division for only 10 days before being killed in action.5th Nasr Division لشکر 5 نصر At the start of 1983, under the command of Morteza Ghorbani, the division took part in the capture of Mehran during Operation Dawn-3. The division went on to take part in Operations Badr, Memak, Dawn-8, Karbala 4 and Karbala 5. Commanders during this time included Esmail Qaani and Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf.
Subsequent history After the Iran–Iraq War, the unit was based in Mashhad, near the border with Afghanistan. Alongside the Hekmatyar network, under the leadership of Brigadier Gholamreza Baghban the division played a role in the exfiltration of Osama bin Laden's fighters and family from Afghanistan in the aftermath of the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.
Former commanders Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf Morteza Ghorbani Esmail Qaani Nur-Ali Shushtari Mehdi Rabbani Qudratollah Mansouri Seyed Hassan Mortazavi Mojtaba Ghafoorpour Ahmad Shafaei Hassan Rajabzadeh Amin Rasouli Hadi Niyazi, current commanderA new commander of the 5th Nasr Operational Division was appointed فرمانده جدید لشکر عملیاتی ۵ نصر منصوب شدThe honoring and introduction of the command of the 5th Nasr People's Operational Division was held تکریم و معارفه فرماندهی لشکر عملیاتی مردم پایه پنج نصر برگزار شد
See also Operation Dawn-3.A look at the establishment and performance of the 5th Nasr Division, one of the successful and proud combat units of the Sacred Defense نگاهی به تأسیس و عملکرد لشکر ۵ نصر، از یگان‌های رزم موفق و پرافتخار دفاع مقدس Dawn-8,The story of the commander of the 5th Nasr Division about how the troops were selected for the Wal Fajr operation 8 روایت فرمانده لشکر 5 نصر از نحوه انتخاب نیروها برای عملیات والفجر 8
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