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Here is a short listing. There are several new Chineese frigates entering service and may already be functional.

The Iranian Navy had (2000) approximately 1100 officers, 11,400 enlisted men and another 10,000 Pasdaran in the Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy.
Fleet headquarters and principal dock facilities are located at Bandar Abbas, with lesser facilities in the Persain Gulf at Kharg Island and Khorramshar, on the Arabian Sea at Chah Bahar, and on the Caspain Sea at Bandar Anzali, where the Fourth Naval Zone operates some 50 patrol vessels.

Iran is the only nation of the Persian Gulf to operate attack submarines. Three Russian Kilo class diesel-electric powered attack submarines were delivered from 1992-97. All three are based at Bandar Abbas. Each is armed with 6 533mm torpedo tubes that can carry 18 torpedoes or 24 mines and a fin-mounted surface to air missile system

3 Saam(Vosper Mk 5) class frigates of 1250 tons displacement armed with 4 Chinese C-802 antiship missiles, 1 114mm gun, 2 35mm guns, 3 20mm guns, 2 12.7mm MG, 2 82mm mortors and 1 Limbo Mk 10 antisubmarine mortor

2 U.S. PF 103 class patrol ships of 900 tons displacement, armed with 2 3inch guns, 2 40mm guns, 2 20mm guns and 2 12.7mm MGs

10 Combattante IIB class guided-missile patrol craft armed with 4 C-802 antiship missiles and 1 3inch and 1 40mm gun

3 US PGM 71 class patrol craft
3 U.S. Coast Guard Cape class patrol craft
9 US Mk III class patrol boats
6 or more US 50 foot class patrol boats
up to 12 US Enforcer class patrol boats
1 US Cape class inshore minesweeper
2 Chavoush class amphibous logistic support docks with 800 ton cargo capacity
4 Hengam class Tank Landing ships with a capacity of 600 tons of cargo and 168 troops. Has flight deck for a Sea King size helicopter and can stow up to 12 T-55 tanks or 6 Chiefton tanks. Each carriers 2 LCVPs and 12 personnel landing craft
2 Arya Sahand class Tank landing ships, can lay mines
3 or more utility landing craft
4 Wellington type air-cushion landing craft, can carry 60 troops
7 Delvar class support ships, can plant mines
12 Hendijan class general purpose tenders
1 coastal buoy tender
1 large replenishment oiler
2 Bandar Abbas class small replenishment oilers
1 ex-US Amphion class repair ship
2 water tankers
1 training ship
1 large floating dry dock
1 exUS floating dry dock
1 inshore survey craft
3 coastal fuel lighters
2 Ksew class lighters
7 large harbour tugs
2 small harbor tugs
2 water barges
8 Qa'em series training craft

Maritime Aviation operates
6 ASH-3D Sea King attack and martime patrol helicopters
7 AB 212 transport helicopters
5 AB 205A utility helicopters
14 AB 206A utility helicopters
2 RH-53D and I HH-53 heavy lift heicopters
3 P-3F Orion maritime patrol aircraft
4 Fokker F-27 Mk 400M Friendship transports
4 Falcon 20 and 4 Aero Commander utility transports
10 Dornier Do-228 light maritime patrol aircraft
The Air Force operates 5 C-130H-MP long-range martime patrol aircraft

Several hundred Chinese-supplied HY-4 (CSS-2-C2 Silkworm) and C-801(CSS-C-3 Seersucker) antiship missiles are employed at coastal positions, and there have been attempts to launch them from a naval auxilary veseel as well. C-802 missiles have also been adapted for land launch.

The Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy has about 10,000 personnel in a seperate organization from the navy. Its leadership is said to be erratic although coordination with the regular navy is improving.
10 Chinese Houdong class guided missile patrol craft with 4 C-802 antiship missiles and 2 30mm cannon each
At least 14 indigenously built patrol boats of various types
32 Boghammer Boat special forces craft. The primary vessel used to attack merchant ships. US Forces destroyed 5 in 1987-88. Of 6.4tons displacement with a maximum speed of 45 knots. Armed with a wide variety of weapons fits.
35 or more GRP launches
8 or more Type 412 Sea Truck landing craft (LCVP)
2 special forces landing craft
1 small hovercraft