Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Persian: سازمان اطلاعات سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی) is an Iranian intelligence agency within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and part of Council for Intelligence Coordination.[1] The Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was established on Khamanei's initiative in 2009.[2]
According to Stratfor, it is as powerful as Ministry of Intelligence and possibly even more powerful than the other service. The agency appears to be more active at a domestic level while at an international level, the Quds Force is the key operational group. The agency also has a wide range of Basij informers.[3] It has been described as a "more ideological counterpart" to the ministry of the Iranian government devoted to intelligence, (the Ministry of Intelligence and Security), which it"overshadows" and "often" overrules, according to the New York Times.[4]
Senior officials edit
- Chairman: Mohammad Kazemi (from 2022)[5]
- Current Deputy (& Chair of Fars News): Mohammad Mehdi Sayyari Zahan
- Former Deputy: Hassan Mohaqeq (from 2019)[6]
- Vice-Chairman: Mahdi Sayyari (from 2016)[6]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Wege, Carl Anthony (2015). "Iran's Intelligence Establishment" (PDF). Journal of U.S. Intelligence Studies. 21 (2): 66. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ Dumitrescu, Octavian (November 20, 2010). "The Intelligence and Security Services of Iran". Global Security. Retrieved October 15, 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Tim Arango; James Risen; Farnaz Fassihi; Ronen Bergman; Murtaza Hussain (19 November 2019). "The Iran Cables: Secret Documents Show How Tehran Wields Power in Iraq". New York Times.
- ^ "Gen. Mohammad Kazemi appointed new IRGC intelligence chief", Mehr News Agency, 23 June 2022, retrieved 23 June 2022
- ^ a b "سردار حسین نجات جانشین رئیس سازمان اطلاعات سپاه شد" (in Persian). Fars News Agency. 27 December 2016. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
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