Military Rank Equivalence

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

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.