28th Infantry Division of Kordestan (), based in Sanandaj, Kordestan Province, is a division of Ground Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran Army. The division was established in 1300 SH (1921-22 AD).
Reports from the British side during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran indicate that the 5th Kurdistan Division of the Imperial Iranian Army was headquartered in Sennah (Sanandaj) in what is now Kurdistan Province in October 1940.Supplement to the London Gazette, 14 August 1946, The London Gazette.
The division participated in several operations of the Iran–Iraq War. It suffered losses of over 3,500 people and 800 prisoners.
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