How to play
Build overlapping coverage and keep scouting. Move your armor under protection instead of committing it alone.
Iran
Make every approach a difficult choice.
- 6Infantry
- 7Vehicles
- 4Aircraft
- 3Naval
- 14Base
Strengths
Layered denial and mobile combined arms.
Know the limits
Scout coverage gaps, split the defense and pressure isolated specialists.
In this fictional theatre, a dispersed defense turns coastlines and narrow approaches into contested ground. Iran’s force combines reconnaissance, mobile armor and overlapping air defense to make the opponent fight on unfavorable terms.
IDENTITY
Every approach is ours to guard.
- Sovereignty
- Patience
- Heritage
We are heirs of a civilization older than most of the maps that tried to draw us smaller. Our poets taught us to love this land, and our faith taught us patience and the dignity of sacrifice. Long years of pressure did not break us; they taught us to build our own tanks, our own air defense and our own way of fighting. We do not need to reach far, only to make every mountain pass and every mile of coast cost an invader more than he can pay. Sovereignty is not given; it is guarded.
RIVALS’ VIEW
Through their enemies’ eyes
Israel · propagandaIran's command calls it defense, yet its rockets and drones keep turning up on every front line except its own. A country that guards its own passes so carefully is remarkably generous with other people's wars.
Saudi Arabia · grievanceThey speak of brotherhood across the Gulf while their missile ranges grow every year. A neighbour that turns every coastline into a firing range cannot be trusted with straits the whole region depends on.
Türkiye · propagandaAn old rival wearing new slogans. They would rather ring a region with fortresses than trade with it openly, and their layered defenses are built to keep out change as much as enemies.
In-world perspectives in a fictional game conflict. Each identity is a faction's own in-game self-image; each rival view is in-game propaganda or a grievance voiced by a named rival faction. None of it describes real people, faiths or events, or the real-world capability of any force.
THE FORCE
Units, buildings & defenses
34 entries in the Classic rules, 17 unique to Iran. Pictured with the RTS AI models.
Buildings11
Costs and stats come from this mode’s rules; bars compare units of the same kind. Country bonuses and upgrades can change play. These are development rosters, not a promise of public release coverage. Shared units are shown with Westwood’s original art. EA has not endorsed and does not support this product.
About this guide
Names, categories, costs and stats are measured from the game rules. Modern faction strategies are editorial guidance, and balance is still being refined.
Classic rule revision: b6794bd228b5. Unit pictures are rendered from the project’s own 3D models; original factions show their flag and names only. National flags: flag-icons (MIT).