Council for Intelligence Coordination

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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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
• 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

See also

• Parallel Intelligence Agency
• Ministry of Intelligence

References

1. 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.
2. 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.