Tasnim Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei exempted the Iranian male athletes winning gold, silver and bronze medals at the world and Asian sports competitions from serving the compulsory military service. The General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces announced on Tuesday that Ayatollah Khamenei, commander-in-chief of ...

IFP - The Iranian Parliaments National Security Commission is mulling over a plan to abolish the compulsory enlistment of Iranian men above 18 years of age in the military service, and to introduce an alternative plan that would make the army professional. Abolfazl Aboutorabi, a member of the Parliaments Legal and Judicial Commission, says the new ...

On Sept. 30,Brig. Gen. Moussa Kamali, Iran's chief conscription officer, announced that compulsory military service in Iran will be extended from 21 to 24 months. Military service has been a point of conflict between the youth and the establishment over the past three decades, ever since the 1979 revolution. All Iranian males are required to report ...

Conscription in Iran will increase from 21 months to two years beginning the next Iranian calendar year.Spokesman for the Conscription department of Iranian Armed Forces Mousa Kamali said on Tuesday September 30 that the three month increase in the length of compulsory service has been made due to declining birth rate, need of planning for population ...