Type Combat engineering Disbanded 2001 | Engagements Iran-Iraq war | |
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Country Islamic Republic of Iran Nickname(s) "Trench-less trench-makers" Notablecommanders Morteza Aviny (head of Jihad TV Unit) | ||
Jihad of Construction or Construction Jihad (Persian: جهاد سازندگی Jahād-e Sāzandegī), or simply Jihad (جهاد Jahād) was one of Organizations of the Iranian Revolution. The organization began as a movement of volunteers to help with the 1979 harvest, but soon took on a broader, more official role in the countryside. It was involved with road building, piped water, electrification, clinics, schools, and irrigation canals. It also provides "extension services, seeds, loans," etc. to small farmers.
During the Iran-Iraq war, the organization held a combat engineering responsibility. They were active in various operation of the war, most notably in Operation Fath ol-Mobin, Operation Beit-ol-Moqaddas, Operation Kheibar, and Operation Dawn 8.
Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini has called them the "trench-less trench-makers" (سنگرسازان بی سنگر sangar-sāzān-e bi-sangar).
A member of the Jihad is called Jahādgar (جهادگر). The title for the commanders is Sardār-e Jahādgar (سردار جهادگر).
In 2001 it was merged with the Agriculture Ministry to form the Ministry of Agriculture Jihad.