[1] NOPO's duty is usually mentioned hostage rescue, but it is argued that the unit is a riot police, as it was involved in Iran student protests, July 1999 according to a report by Supreme National Security Council.
The operational history of the Anti-Terror Special Forces includes deployments against internal security threats.
[3] Members of the unit are known to use the Tondar SMG 9mm which is the Iranian made Heckler & Koch MP5.
The locally made copy of the Heckler & Koch G3 7.62×51mm is also used, sometimes in the case of a marksman rifle.
[4] Other weapons used include the AKM 7.62×39mm assault rifle and the Remington 870 shotgun which was acquired before the Iranian Revolution and is believed to be produced locally under another name.