| Unit Name: | 27th Mohammad Rasulollah Division |
| Native Name: | Persian: لشکر ۲۷ محمد رسولالله (ص) |
| Dates: | 1980s - 2008 (field division) 2008 - present (provincial corps) |
| Country: | Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Branch: | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps |
| Type: | Mechanized |
| Size: | Division |
| Garrison: | Tehran |
| Nickname: | "Muhammad Rasulullah" (Persian: محمد رسولالله (ص)) |
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| Current Commander: | Mohammad-Reza Yazdi[1] |
| Commander1: | Mayor Alireza Zakani |
| Commander2: | Sirous Saberi |
| Commander2 Label: | Deputy Commander |
| Commander3: | Hossein Dini |
| Commander3 Label: | Deputy Coordinator |
| Commander4: | Mohammad Na’imi |
| Commander4 Label: | Representative of the Supreme Leader |
| Notable Commanders: | Ahmad Motevasselian Reza Cheraghi Mohammad Ebrahim Hemmat Abbas Karimi Dr.Mansour Haghdoust Esmaeil Kousari Hossein Hamadani Mohammad Ali Allahdadi |
27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division (Persian: لشکر ۲۷ محمد رسولالله) was a division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces based in Tehran.[2]
It was established as the 27th Mohammad Rasulullah Brigade by Hossein Qajeyi, Ahmad Motevasselian and Mohammad Ebrahim Hemmat during the Iran–Iraq War, and was expanded into a division just before Operation Jerusalem.
Describing the IRGC units during the Iran-Iraq war, then-commander-in-chief of IRGC Mohsen Rezaei says:[3]
The division was merged with the Basij of Tehran to form the Mohammad Rasulullah Corps of Greater Tehran during the rearrangement of the IRGC units in 2008. The Sepah-e Muhammad Rasoul Allah, the Sepah-e Sayyed al-Shohada and the Sepah-e Imam Hassan Mojtaba are controlled by the Sarallah Security Headquarters.[4]
The Sepah-e Muhammad Rasoul Allah performs military missions through the 27th Mechanized Infantry Operational Division. The Division is a cadre formation, consisting of four battalions. For combat operations, the 27th Division and the 10th and 23rd divisions are augmented by twenty-four Basij Imam Hussein battalions and four Sabirin quick-reaction units.
Basij Imam Hussein battalions are staffed with full-time and salaried Basiji.[5] [6]
The metropolitan territory of Tehran is subdivided into 23 municipalities. In each Municipality there is a Basij Resistance District:
When deployed, they answer directly to the provincial corps and operate under four citywide IRGC security units:
These units in turn report to Hazrat-e Zahra and All-e Muhammad brigades, attached to the Sepah-e Muhammad Rasoul Allah.
Tehran's cultural terrain is ìmonitored by Sepah-e Muhammad Rasoul Allah's "Cyberspace Cultural Operations Battalions".