Thar-Allah Headquarters

Thar-Allah Headquarters
Persian: قرارگاه ثارالله, romanized: Qarārgāh-e Saārollāh
Active1995–present
Country Iran
Branch Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
RoleInternal security
Part ofIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Garrison/HQTehran
EngagementsIran student protests, July 1999
2009 Iranian presidential election protests
Commanders
Deputy CommanderHossein Nejat
Supreme Leader's RepresentativeAli Shirazi
Notable
commanders
Mohammad Ali Jafari

The Thar-Allah Headquarters (Persian: قرارگاه ثارالله, romanized: Qarārgāh-e Ṣārollāh, also spelled as Tharallah or Tharollah Headquarters) is an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps command. It is in charge of security for Tehran area. However, it also carries responsibility for territorial security in the region. The Thar-Allah Headquarters is directly subordinate to the Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Still, its day-to-day operations are supervised by an executive commander.

Due to its powerful position in the national security establishment—defending the national leadership of Iran and securing the national capital—commanders of the Thar-Allah Headquarters have been criticised for "illegally interfering" in the political process over the years.