Badr Organization

Badr Organization
Badr Organization
	Flag of the Badr Organisation Military Wing
Leaders	Hadi Al-Amiri
Dates of operation	1982–2003 (officially); 2014–present
Allegiance	Iran (IRGC) (alleged)
Group(s)	Structure
Headquarters	Najaf, Iraq
Active regions	Baghdad and Southern Iraq
Size	15,000 (2008); 10,000–15,000 (2014)
Part of	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (originally); Popular Mobilization Forces (2014–present)
Allies	State allies: Iran; Iraq; Ba'athist Syria (until 2024); Non-state allies: Islamic Dawa Party (Nouri al-Maliki) ; Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada ; Hezbollah ; Saraya Ansar al-Aqeeda ; Quwwat Sahl Ninawa ; Liwa Assad Allah al-Ghalib fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham ; Kata'ib Hezbollah ;
Opponents	State opponents: Israel; Ba'athist Iraq (1982–2003); Non-state opponents: Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order ; People's Mujahedin of Iran ; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ; Islamic Army in Iraq ; Free Syrian Army ; Peshmerga ;
Battles and wars	Iran–Iraq War; 1991 uprisings in Iraq 1991 uprising in Basra; 1991 uprising in Karbala; ; Kurdish Civil War; Iraq War Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) 2003–2006 phase of the Iraqi insurgency; ; Battle of Amarah; Iraqi civil war (2006–2008); Battle of Basra; ; War in Iraq (2013–2017) Salahuddin campaign; Siege of Amirli; Operation Ashura; Dhuluiya offensive; Battle of Baiji (2014–15); Second Battle of Tikrit; Battle of Mosul (2016); 2015–2018 Iraqi protests; ; Syrian Civil War Aleppo offensive (October–December 2015); Northern Aleppo offensive (February 2016); Palmyra offensive (March 2016); 2016 Southern Aleppo campaign; Northwestern Syria offensive (2024); ;
Designated as a terrorist group by	United Arab Emirates

Badr Organization

منظمة بدر
Badr Organization منظمة بدر
Leader	Hadi al-Amiri
Founded	1982 as the military wing of the ISCI; 2003–present as a political movement
Ideology	Shia Islamism; Khomeinism; Wilayat al-Faqih; Anti-Sunnism
Political position	Right-wing
Religion	Shia Islam
National affiliation	National Iraqi Alliance (2005–2014); State of Law Coalition (2014–18); Fatah Alliance (2018–present)
International affiliation	Axis of Resistance
Seats in the Council of Representatives of Iraq:	17 / 329
Party flag
	Politics of Iraq; Political parties; Elections;

The Badr Organization (Arabic: منظمة بدر Munaẓẓama Badr), previously known as the Badr Brigades or Badr Corps, is an Iraqi Shia Islamist and Khomeinist political party and paramilitary organization headed by Hadi al-Amiri. The Badr Brigade, formed in 1982 and led by Iranian officers, served as the military arm of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), a Shia Islamic party based in Iran. The Badr Brigade was created by Iranian intelligence and Shia cleric Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim with the aim of fighting the Ba'athist regime of Saddam Hussein during the Iran–Iraq War. Since the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, most of the Badr Brigade fighters have entered the new Iraqi army and police force. Since 2003, the Badr Brigade and SCIRI were considered to be one party, but have recently unofficially separated with the Badr Organization now being an official Iraqi political party. Badr Brigade forces, and their Iranian commanders, have come to prominence in 2014 fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq. It is a part of the Popular Mobilization Forces.