Council for Intelligence Coordination
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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
