The army has also been actively engaged in quelling tribal and separatist rebellions beginning in the 1940s in order to protect homeland’s territorial integrity.From 1972 to 1976, Iranian troops were sent to Oman to fight with the Royal Army of Oman against the Dhofar Rebellion.In 1976, a contingent was sent to Pakistan to assist the Pakistan Army against the Insurgency in Balochistan.
