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]
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- 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
- Intelligence Unit of the Islamic Republic Police
An illustration published alongside the article, reveals insignia of other agencies as:[2]
- Intelligence Protection Organization of Islamic Republic of Iran Army
- Intelligence Protection Organization of the Ministry of Defense and Logistics of the Armed Forces
- The Commander-in-Chief's General Bureau for Intelligence Protection
- Intelligence Protection Organization of the Armed Forces General Headquarters
- Cyber Police
- Iranian Public Security and Intelligence Police
- Center for Investigating Organized Crime
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- ^ a b c 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.
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