Hack-Hook
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There were some purges(mostly generals) and some left the Army on their own but many remained in the army, my father entered Officer academy in 1355(1977) and graduated on 1358(1980) at the start of invasion he was in kordestan fighting separatist but my uncle at the time was in 92nd Armored Division stationed in Ahvaz, he was with one the first battalions that engaged iraqi army, iraqis had shelled some border areas before the start of war but no one thought that they would actually invade iran and because of the chaos after the revolution many tanks were not serviced so they were not ready for immediate action i think he told me that their brigade had around 10-20 chieftains for immediate action.
Iran's army wasn't destroyed after revolution, there were some(like MEK and some marxist groups) that called for complete disbanding of army but Ayatollah Khomeini was against it.
Many tanks were not serviced was a total understimation . I heard from people who were ta that armored devision in ahvaz that many tanks were intentionally sabotaged and situation were so bad that the commander of that division had to go to mr. Khomeini and ask that he himself act before some traitor completely destroy that division .