Supplier | Year Ordered | Years Delivered | Number Ordered | Designation | Description | Comments |
USA | 1948 | 1950-1951 | 10 | Cub/L-4 Grasshopper | Light aircraft | |
USA | 1949 | 1950-1951 | 6 | Beech-18/C-45 | Light transport ac | |
USA | 1950 | 1951 | 15 | M-4 Sherman | Tank | |
USA | 1950 | 1950-1956 | 74 | T-6 Texan | Trainer aircraft | |
USA | 1951 | 1952-1953 | 12 | PA-18/L-18/L-21 | Light aircraft | |
USA | 1953 | 1954-1957 | 75 | F-84G Thunderjet | FGA aircraft | |
USA | 1953 | 1954-1956 | 100 | M-24 Chaffee | Light tank | |
Canada | 1954 | 1955 | 4 | DHC-2 Beaver | Light transport ac | |
USA | 1954 | 1955-1957 | 140 | M-20 | Reconnaissance AV | |
USA | 1954 | 1955-1957 | 100 | M-8 Greyhound | Armoured car | |
USA | 1954 | 1955-1964 | 32 | T-33A T-Bird | Trainer aircraft | |
USA | 1955 | 1956 | 3 | AN/FPS-8 | Air surv radar | Part of 'LORIDS' Long-Range Iranian Detection System air surveillance network |
USA | 1956 | 1957-1958 | 40 | F-86F Sabre | Fighter aircraft | |
USA | 1957 | 1958 | 1 | Commander-680FL | Light transport ac | |
USA | 1957 | 1957-1958 | 2 | LCIL | Landing craft | Ex-US; incl 1 'MDAP' aid and 1 on loan; Iranian designation Hengam |
USA | 1957 | 1958-1959 | 400 | M-47 Patton | Tank | |
UK | 1958 | 1959 | 2 | S-55/H-19 Chickasaw | Helicopter | Whirlwind HAR-3 version |
USA | 1958 | 1959-1962 | 4 | Adjutant | Minesweeper | MAP' aid; Iranian designation Shahbaz |
Canada | 1959 | 1960 | 2 | DHC-2 Beaver | Light transport ac | |
USA | 1960 | 1961-1970 | 700 | AIM-9B Sidewinder-1A | SRAAM | For F-86 and F-5A combat aircraft |
USA | 1960 | 1961 | 1 | AN/FPS-20 | Air surv radar | |
USA | 1960 | 1961 | 1 | AN/FPS-6 | Height-finding radar | |
USA | 1960 | 1961-1964 | 250 | M-101A1 105mm | Towed gun | |
USA | 1960 | 1961-1962 | 260 | M-48A1 Patton | Tank | Ex-US |
USA | 1961 | 1964 | 2 | PF-103 | Corvette | MAP' aid; Iranian designation Bayandor |
USA | 1962 | 1963 | 4 | C-130B Hercules | Transport aircraft | Aid |
USA | 1963 | 1964 | 2 | Cove | Minesweeper | MAP' aid; Iranian designation Kahnamuie |
USA | 1963 | 1965-1970 | 95 | F-5A Freedom Fighter | FGA aircraft | Incl some F-5B |
USA | 1964 | 1965-1970 | 28 | C-130E Hercules | Transport aircraft | No. delivered could be between 17 and 28 |
USA | 1964 | 1965 | 2 | Cessna-150 | Trainer/light ac | |
USA | 1964 | 1965-1966 | 69 | Cessna-180 Skywagon | Light aircraft | Cessna-185F version |
USA | 1964 | 1965 | 8 | Cessna-180 Skywagon | Light aircraft | Cessna-180H version |
USA | 1964 | 1965-1968 | 20 | HH-43B/F Huskie | Helicopter | Incl 4 'MAP' aid; HH-43F version |
USA | 1964 | 1964 | 1 | LCU-501 | Landing craft | Ex-US; 'MAP' aid; Iranian designation Queshm |
Italy | 1965 | 1967 | 2 | Sea Hunter | Fire control radar | For modernization of 1 Battle Artemiz destroyer |
UK | 1965 | 1967 | 1 | Battle | Destroyer | Ex-UK; modernized before delivery; Iranian designation Artemiz |
UK | 1965 | 1967 | 25 | Sea Cat | SAM | For Battle Artemiz destroyer |
USA | 1965 | 1966-1968 | 300 | M-113 | APC | M-113A1 version |
USA | 1965 | 1967-1970 | 3 | PGM-71 | Patrol craft | Iranian designation Parvin |
France | 1966 | 1966-1969 | 2000 | ENTAC | Anti-tank missile | |
Italy | 1966 | 1971-1972 | 8 | Sea Hunter FC Ra | Fire control radar | For 4 Saam frigates from UK |
Italy | 1966 | 1971-1972 | 120 | Sea Killer/Marte-2 | Anti-ship missile | For Saam frigates |
UK | 1966 | 1971-1972 | 4 | Saam/Vosper Mk-5 | Frigate | |
USA | 1966 | 1968-1969 | 400 | AIM-4D Falcon | SRAAM | For F-4D combat aircraft |
USA | 1966 | 1968-1969 | 125 | AIM-7C Sparrow | BVRAAM | For F-4D combat aircraft |
USA | 1966 | 1966 | 2 | HAWK | SAM system | |
USA | 1966 | 1966 | 75 | MIM-23A HAWK | SAM | |
USA | 1966 | 1967-1968 | 50 | Mk-44 | ASW torpedo | |
USA | 1966 | 1969 | 2 | PF-103 | Corvette | MAP' aid; Iranian designation Bayandor |
USSR | 1966 | 1967-1968 | 70 | BM-21 Grad 122mm | MRL | |
USSR | 1966 | 1967-1968 | 300 | BTR-152 | APC | Ex-Soviet |
USSR | 1966 | 1967-1968 | 270 | BTR-50 | APC | Part of deal worth $110 m |
USSR | 1966 | 1967-1968 | 300 | BTR-60P | APC | Part of deal worth $110 m |
USSR | 1966 | 1967-1968 | 100 | ZSU-57-2 | SPAAG | Ex-Soviet |
UK | 1967 | 1969-1970 | 150 | Sea Cat | SAM | Tigercat version |
UK | 1967 | 1971-1972 | 50 | Sea Cat | SAM | For Saam frigates |
UK | 1967 | 1969-1970 | 15 | Tigercat-2 | SAM system | |
USA | 1967 | 1968-1969 | 400 | AIM-9E Sidewinder | SRAAM | For F-4D combat aircraft |
USA | 1967 | 1968 | 6 | Cessna-310/U-3 | Light transport ac | |
USA | 1967 | 1968-1969 | 32 | F-4D Phantom-2 | FGA aircraft | |
USA | 1967 | 1968-1969 | 13 | F-5A Freedom Fighter | FGA aircraft | RF-5A reconnaissance version |
USA | 1967 | 1968-1969 | 100 | M-114A1 155mm | Towed gun | Probably ex-US |
USA | 1967 | 1968-1969 | 50 | M-115 203mm | Towed gun | Ex-US |
Italy | 1968 | 1969-1970 | 25 | Bell-205/UH-1D | Helicopter | AB-205 version |
Italy | 1968 | 1969-1970 | 25 | Bell-206/OH-58 | Light helicopter | AB-206A Bell-206A version |
USA | 1968 | 1971-1972 | 32 | F-5A Freedom Fighter | FGA aircraft | Incl some F-5B |
USA | 1968 | 1969-1970 | 460 | M-60A1 Patton-2 | Tank | |
France | 1969 | 1971 | 16 | SA-321H Super Frelon | Helicopter | $28 m deal |
France | 1969 | 1970-1971 | 1000 | SS-11/AS-11 | Anti-tank missile | |
France | 1969 | 1970-1971 | 1000 | SS-12 | Anti-tank missile | |
Italy | 1969 | 1971-1976 | 14 | Bell-206/OH-58 | Light helicopter | AB-206A Bell-206A version |
Netherlands | 1969 | 1971-1977 | 17 | F-27 Friendship | Transport aircraft | F-27 Mk-600 version |
USA | 1969 | 1970-1975 | 32 | C-130H Hercules | Transport aircraft | No. delivered could be 28 or 43 |
USA | 1969 | 1970 | 12 | Cessna-337/O-2 | Light aircraft | O-2A version |
Italy | 1970 | 1974-1977 | 20 | CH-47C Chinook | Helicopter | |
UK | 1970 | 1970-1971 | 50 | Ferret | Reconnaissance AV | |
UK | 1970 | 1972-1973 | 45 | Rapier | SAM system | Part of GBP47 m deal |
UK | 1970 | 1972-1973 | 1250 | Rapier-1 | SAM | Part of GBP47 m deal |
UK | 1970 | 1972-1973 | 2 | S-330 | Air surv radar | |
UK | 1970 | 1972-1973 | 2 | S-404 | Air surv radar | |
USA | 1970 | 1971-1976 | 700 | AIM-7E Sparrow | BVRAAM | For F-4E combat aircraft |
USA | 1970 | 1971-1977 | 700 | AIM-9J/P Sidewinder | SRAAM | For F-4E combat aircraft; AIM-9J version |
USA | 1970 | 1971 | 1 | Amphion | Repair ship | Ex-US; on loan until bought in 1977 |
USA | 1970 | 1970-1971 | 11 | Bell-212/UH-1N | Helicopter | |
USA | 1970 | 1970-1976 | 17 | Commander-680FL | Light transport ac | Incl some Commander-690 version |
USA | 1970 | 1971 | 32 | F-4E Phantom-2 | FGA aircraft | |
USA | 1970 | 1970 | 50 | M-109 155mm | Self-propelled gun | |
USA | 1970 | 1971-1972 | 4 | RF-4E Phantom-2 | Reconnaissance ac | |
USA | 1970 | 1974 | 16 | RIM-66B Standard-1MR | SAM | For modernized Sumner destroyers |
USA | 1970 | 1971 | 1 | S-62A | Helicopter | For VIP transport |
USSR | 1970 | 1970-1971 | 100 | M-46 130mm | Towed gun | Probably ex-Soviet |
France | 1971 | 1971-1975 | 480 | AS-12 | ASM | |
UK | 1971 | 1972-1975 | 30 | Chieftain/ARV | ARV | |
UK | 1971 | 1972-1975 | 14 | Chieftain AVLB | ABL | |
UK | 1971 | 1971-1975 | 707 | Chieftain Mk-3 | Tank | Chieftain Mk-3/3P and Mk-5/5P version |
USA | 1971 | 1973-1976 | 4760 | BGM-71 TOW | Anti-tank missile | BGM-71A version; incl for AH-1J helicopters |
USA | 1971 | 1975-1978 | 15 | Boeing-707 | Transport aircraft | |
USA | 1971 | 1972-1977 | 49 | Bonanza | Light aircraft | |
USA | 1971 | 1974-1979 | 37 | I-HAWK | SAM system | Part of $687 m deal |
USA | 1971 | 1974-1979 | 1811 | MIM-23B HAWK | SAM | Part of $687 m deal |
USA | 1971 | 1973-1974 | 2 | Sumner FRAM-2 | Destroyer | Ex-US; modernized before delivery; Iranian designation Babr |
Germany FRG | 1972 | 1974 | 2 | Bandar Abbas | Support ship | |
UK | 1972 | 1974 | 2 | Hengam | Landing ship | |
USA | 1972 | 1973-1976 | 2500 | AGM-65 Maverick | ASM | $57 m deal |
USA | 1972 | 1973-1977 | 1000 | AIM-9J/P Sidewinder | SRAAM | For F-5E combat aircraft; AIM-9J version |
USA | 1972 | 1974-1977 | 202 | Bell-209/AH-1J | Combat helicopter | |
USA | 1972 | 1975-1978 | 287 | Bell-214A | Helicopter | |
USA | 1972 | 1973-1975 | 102 | F-4E Phantom-2 | FGA aircraft | |
USA | 1972 | 1973-1976 | 139 | F-5E Tiger-2 | FGA aircraft | No. could be 141 |
USA | 1972 | 1973 | 40 | M-107 175mm | Self-propelled gun | |
USA | 1972 | 1973 | 38 | M-110 203mm | Self-propelled gun | |
Italy | 1973 | 1974-1976 | 91 | Bell-206/OH-58 | Light helicopter | AB-206B Bell-206B version |
UK | 1973 | 1975 | 950 | Rapier-1 | SAM | |
USA | 1973 | 1976 | 22 | CH-47C Chinook | Helicopter | |
USA | 1973 | 1974-1979 | 390 | M-109A1 155mm | Self-propelled gun | M-109A1B version |
USSR | 1973 | 1977-1978 | 200 | ZSU-23-4 Shilka | SPAAG | Probably more ordered, but cancelled after Iranian 1979 revolution |
France | 1974 | 1977-1981 | 12 | Combattante-2 | FACM | Delivery of last 3 delayed after 1979 revolution due to non-payment by Iran; Iranian designation Kaman |
Italy | 1974 | 1976-1979 | 20 | Bell-212/AB-212ASW | ASW helicopter | |
Italy | 1974 | 1977-1981 | 12 | Compact 76mm | Naval gun | For 12 Combattante Kaman FAC from France |
Italy | 1974 | 1976-1981 | 20 | SH-3D Sea King | ASW helicopter | ASH-3D version |
Netherlands | 1974 | 1976-1981 | 8 | F-27 Friendship | Transport aircraft | F-27 Mk-400 version |
Netherlands | 1974 | 1977-1981 | 12 | WM-20 | Fire control radar | For 12 Combattante-2 Kaman FAC from France; WM-28 version |
UK | 1974 | 1978-1979 | 125 | Chieftain FV-4030-1 | Tank | Orginally more ordered but cancelled after Iranian Revolution in 1979; no. delivered could be 187 |
UK | 1974 | 1975 | 36 | Rapier | SAM system | |
USA | 1974 | 1977-1979 | 274 | AIM-54A Phoenix | BVRAAM | $150 m deal; for F-14A combat aircraft; 150 more ordered but embargoed after Iranian 1979 revolution |
USA | 1974 | 1976 | 8 | AN/TPS-43 | Air surv radar | Part of 'Peace Crown' programme; aid |
USA | 1974 | 1975 | 12 | Boeing-747 | Transport aircraft | Second-hand but only few years old; Boeing-747-131 version |
USA | 1974 | 1976-1978 | 79 | F-14A Tomcat | Fighter aircraft | Originally 80 ordered but 1 embargoed after Iranian 1979 revolution and taken over by US in 1986 |
USA | 1974 | 1977 | 36 | F-4E Phantom-2 | FGA aircraft | |
USA | 1974 | 1975 | 6 | P-3F Orion | MP aircraft | Deal worth $98 m |
USA | 1974 | 1978 | 14 | RGM-84 Harpoon | Anti-ship missile | For Combattante-2 FAC; originally more ordered but embargoed after Iranian 1979 revolution. |
USA | 1974 | 1976-1978 | 128 | RIM-66B Standard-1MR | SAM | Incl for 1 modernized Battle Artmemiz destroyer |
UK | 1975 | 1979 | 11 | Chieftain/ARV | ARV | Orginally more ordered but cancelled after Iranian Revolution in 1979 |
UK | 1975 | 1977-1979 | 4 | Mk-8 114mm | Naval gun | For modernization of 4 Saam frigates |
USA | 1975 | 1976-1978 | 516 | AIM-7E Sparrow | BVRAAM | Over 380 more cancelled after 1979 Iranian Revolution |
USA | 1975 | 1976-1979 | 288 | AIM-9J/P Sidewinder | SRAAM | For F-14A combat aircraft; AIM-9J version; 362 more cancelled after 1979 Iranian Revolution |
USA | 1975 | 1977 | 2 | Bell-214B BigLifter | Helicopter | |
USA | 1975 | 1976-1977 | 28 | F-5E Tiger-2 | FGA aircraft | F-5F version |
USA | 1975 | 1976 | 634 | FGM-77A Dragon | Anti-tank missile | |
USA | 1975 | 1976-1977 | 6 | S-65A/CH-53 Stallion | Helicopter | RH-53D version |
Italy | 1976 | 1977 | 2 | S-61/HH-3A | Helicopter | For VIP transport; AS-61 version |
UK | 1976 | 1977-1978 | 100 | Scorpion | Light tank | |
USA | 1976 | 1976-1978 | 39 | Bell-214B BigLifter | Helicopter | Bell-214C version for SAR |
USA | 1976 | 1976-1979 | 19064 | BGM-71 TOW | Anti-tank missile | |
USA | 1976 | 1977 | 4 | Boeing-747 | Transport aircraft | |
USA | 1976 | 1978-1979 | 7 | F-4E Phantom-2 | FGA aircraft | 31 more ordered but embargoed after 1979 Iranian Revolution |
USA | 1976 | 1977-1978 | 9716 | FGM-77A Dragon | Anti-tank missile | |
USA | 1976 | 1978 | 100 | M-113A1 | APC | |
USSR | 1976 | 1977-1978 | 2000 | Strela-2/SA-7 Grail | Portable SAM | |
Italy | 1977 | 1978-1981 | 36 | CH-47C Chinook | Helicopter | Originally 53 ordered, but 20 cancelled after Iranian 1979 revolution and delivery of remaining 7 vetoed by USA |
Japan | 1978 | 1980 | 5 | Iran Ajr | Landing ship | Officially delivered for civil use but taken over by Navy |
USA | 1978 | 1979 | 25 | AGM-45A Shrike | Anti-radar missile | Rest of order for 1,000 cancelled after 1979 Iranian Revolution |
Pakistan | 1979 | 1980-1982 | 5 | Delvar | Cargo ship | Incl 2 ammunition transport version |
Libya | 1980 | 1980 | 130 | EE-9 Cascavel | Armoured car | Ex-Libyan but probably kept in storage and never used by Libya |