Military Rank Equivalence

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🇮🇷 Iran · Army	NATO equivalent	Saudi Arabia · Army 🇸🇦
Officers
ارتشبد Arteshbod	OF-9 General	فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal
سپهبد Sepahbod	OF-8 Lieutenant General	فريق Fariq
سرلشکر Sarlashkar	OF-7 Major General	لواء Liwa
سرتیپ Sartip سرتیپ دوم Sartip dovom	OF-6 Brigadier General	عميد Amid
سرهنگ Sarhang	OF-5 Colonel	عقيد Aqid
سرهنگ دوم Sarhang dovom	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	مقدم Muqaddam
سرگرد Sargord	OF-3 Major / Commandant	رائد Ra'id
سروان Sarvān ستوان یکم Sotvān yekom	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	نقيب Naqib
ستوان دوم Sotvān dovom ستوان سوم Sotvān sevom	OF-1 Lieutenant	ملازم أول Mulazim awwal ملازم Mulazim
Daneshjoye daneshgah afsari Imam Ali Daneshjoye daneshgah afsari Imam Ali Daneshjoye daneshgah afsari Imam Ali Daneshjoye daneshgah afsari Imam Ali	OF-D Student Officer	No equivalent
Enlisted ranks
استوار یکم Ostovar yekom	OR-9 Sergeant Major	رئيس رقباء Rayiys ruqaba'
استوار دوم Ostovar dovom	OR-8 1st Sergeant	رقيب أول Raqib 'awal
گروهبان یکم Goruhban yekom	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	رقيب Raqib
گروهبان دوم Goruhban dovom	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	وكيل رقيب Wakil raqib
گروهبان سوم Goruhban sevom	OR-5 Sergeant	No equivalent
سرجوخه Sarjukheh	OR-4 Corporal	عريف Earif
سرباز یکم Sarbaz yekom	OR-3 Private 1st Class	No equivalent
سرباز دوم Sarbaz dovom	OR-2 Private	جندي أول Jundiun awwal
سرباز Sarbaz	OR-1 Private	جندي‎‎ Jundiun ‎‎

Tiers neither force uses are hidden. An OF/OR code held by only one of the two is kept and marked — a missing tier is itself a difference in how the two hierarchies are built.