Military Rank Equivalence

Rank Ladder Highest first

🇺🇸 United States · Army	NATO equivalent	Iran · Army 🇮🇷
Officers
General of the Army	OF-10 Marshal / General of the Army	No equivalent
General	OF-9 General	ارتشبد Arteshbod
Lieutenant general	OF-8 Lieutenant General	سپهبد Sepahbod
Major general	OF-7 Major General	سرلشکر Sarlashkar
Brigadier general	OF-6 Brigadier General	سرتیپ Sartip سرتیپ دوم Sartip dovom
Colonel	OF-5 Colonel	سرهنگ Sarhang
Lieutenant colonel	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	سرهنگ دوم Sarhang dovom
Major	OF-3 Major / Commandant	سرگرد Sargord
Captain	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	سروان Sarvān ستوان یکم Sotvān yekom
First lieutenant Second lieutenant	OF-1 Lieutenant	ستوان دوم Sotvān dovom ستوان سوم Sotvān sevom
Cadet / Officer candidate	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
Command sergeant major Sergeant major	OR-9 Sergeant Major	استوار یکم Ostovar yekom
First sergeant Master sergeant	OR-8 1st Sergeant	استوار دوم Ostovar dovom
Sergeant first class	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	گروهبان یکم Goruhban yekom
Staff sergeant	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	گروهبان دوم Goruhban dovom
Sergeant	OR-5 Sergeant	گروهبان سوم Goruhban sevom
Specialist Corporal	OR-4 Corporal	سرجوخه Sarjukheh
Private first class	OR-3 Private 1st Class	سرباز یکم Sarbaz yekom
Private	OR-2 Private	سرباز دوم Sarbaz dovom
Private	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.