Sepah Navy Special Force

Special Unit of NEDSA
	یگان ویژه ندسا
Country	Iran
Allegiance	Supreme Leader of Iran
Branch	Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution
Type	special operations forces
Role	Special operations
Part of	Navy
Garrison/HQ	Greater Farur Island
Engagements	Gulf of Aden anti-piracy operations
Commanders
Current; commander	Colonel Asghar Memari

Special Unit of NEDSA (Persian: یگان ویژه ندسا‎),^[2] also known as Sepah Navy Special Force (S.N.S.F.) (Persian: نیروی ویژه دریایی سپاه‎),^[1] is a Takavar unit in the Navy of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution stationed in the Greater Farur Island of Persian Gulf.^[1] The unit has marines, frogmen and snipers specializing in heliborne, amphibious warfare and naval boarding.^[2]

Operations in Gulf of Aden[]

In 2012, the unit performed a 117-days operation in Gulf of Aden to fight Piracy off the coast of Somalia. The unit has collaborated with the American forces in the operation, for instance an American Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk did reconnaissance for the unit's boat.^[2]

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Operations in Gulf of Aden[]

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