BMI Research: Iran Defence & Security Report: Armed Forces And Government Spending.

The article discusses the armed forces and government spending of Iran. It describes the military as comprising of around 438,000 personnel of which 18,000 serve the navy, 30,000 are with the air force and 40,000 as border and security troops. It mentions that armed forces need modernized equipment but with the U.S. imposition of the 1996 Iran-Libya Sanctions Act, Iran had to resort to importing from Russia and other Soviet Union states. It also provides information on the nuclear program.