ASVARAN
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This article is about Iran's modern-day mounted police. For the Cavalry military units of Iran's ancient Sassanid Empire, see Asvārān.
ASVARAN (Persian: اسواران; officially blend word for "Asb Savaran",[1] Persian: اسبسواران, Hoursemounters; the word Asvaran itself also means Cavalries[2]) is the mounted police unit of Law Enforcement Command of Islamic Republic of Iran and a subdivision of its Special Units Command.[1] The unit specializes in crowd control and riot control.[3]