Iran Intelligence Community

Iran Intelligence Community refers to 16 separate active intelligence agencies in Iran. To conduct activities, Council for Intelligence Coordination (Persian: شورای هماهنگی اطلاعات) was created which is made up of agency heads. Presence of 16 agencies was announced for the first time by Fars News Agency in 2014.[1]

Members

Fars News Agency report names four other agencies as:[1]

An illustration published alongside the article, reveals insignia of other agencies as:[2]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bahmani, Arash (25 October 2014). "Announced for the First Time: Iran Has 16 Intelligence Agencies". Rooz Online. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  2. Haghighatnejad, Reza (17 October 2014). "Iran Intelligence Revelations: How Khamenei Wields Power". Iran Wire. Retrieved February 27, 2015.