Muslim Peshmerga
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- Protectors of the faith
- Guardians of the prophet’s household
- Kurdish loyalists
- Shah Ismail brigade
Ali Khamenei
| Organization of Kurdish Muslim Peshmergas | |
|---|---|
| سازمان پیشمرگان کرد مسلمان ڕێکخراوی پێشمەرگەکانی کوردە موسڵمان | |
 Ali Khamenei with the Muslim Peshmerga in 1980 | |
| Also known as | - Kurdish Frontier Knights - Protectors of the faith - Guardians of the prophet’s household - Kurdish loyalists - Shah Ismail brigade |
| Founding leader | Ruhollah Khomeini Ali Khamenei |
| Leaders | Mohammad Boroujerdi |
| Foundation | 1980 |
| Dissolved | 1985 |
| Country |  Iran |
| Active regions | Iranian Kurdistan |
| Ideology | Iranian nationalism National conservatism Religious conservatism Shia Islamism Pan-Iranism Islamic fundamentalism Kurdish-Islamic synthesis Islamofascism Extremism Feyli interest Kurdish feudalism Anti-separatism Anti-communism Anti-Sunnism Antisemitism Anti-Bahà’ism Social conservatism Anti-Kurdish nationalism |
| Size | 60,000 100,000 (peak) |
| Allies | Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps KDP |
| Opponents |  Ba'athist IraqSalvation Force  Komala KDPIKhabat |
| Wars | 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran Iran-Iraq war |
The Muslim Peshmerga, officially the Organization of Kurdish Muslim Peshmergas (Persian: سازمان پیشمرگان کرد مسلمان, romanized: Sâzmân-e Pešmargân-e Kord-e Musalmân; Kurdish: ڕێکخراوی پێشمەرگەکانی کوردە موسڵمان) was a violent Shia-Kurdish fundamentalist militia group founded by conservative Shia-Kurdish landlords, princes, tribal chiefs, clerics and merchants with the help of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps after the 1979 Kurdish revolts.[1] The milita led by different warlords was responsible for violently suppressing the Sunni-Kurdish separatist uprising in western Iran, massacring tens of thousands of militant Sunni Kurds, communists, Baha’is and groups who consider to be enemies of the state.