Iran Intelligence Community refers to 16 separate active intelligence agencies in Iran. To conduct activities, Intelligence Coordinating Council or ICC (Persian: شورای هماهنگی اطلاعات) was created which is made up of agency heads. Presence of 16 agencies was announced for the first time by the Fars News Agency in 2014.1
Members
- Ministry of Intelligence, is main intelligence organization working under government.1
The Fars News Agency report names four other agencies as:1
- Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
- Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
- Intelligence Unit of the Islamic Republic Army
- Islamic Republic of Iran Police Intelligence Organization
An illustration published alongside the article, reveals insignia of other agencies as:2
- Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army
- Information Protection Organization of the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Support
- The Commander-in-Chief's General Bureau for Intelligence Protection (Persian: مسئول سازمان حراست دفتر رهبر جمهوری اسلامی ایران)
- Intelligence Protection Organization of the Armed Forces General Headquarters (Persian: رئیس اداره حفاظت اطلاعات ستاد کل نیروهای مسلح)
- Cyber Police
- Iranian Public Security Police
- Center for Investigating Organized Crime
References
References
- Bahmani, Arash (25 October 2014). "Announced for the First Time: Iran Has 16 Intelligence Agencies". Rooz Online. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- Haghighatnejad, Reza (17 October 2014). "Iran Intelligence Revelations: How Khamenei Wields Power". Iran Wire. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2015.