Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ( fa, سازمان حفاظت اطلاعات سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی) is an Iranian

intelligence agency An intelligence agency is a government agency responsible for the collection, analysis, and exploitation of information in support of law enforcement, national security, military, public safety, and foreign policy objectives. Means of inf ...

within the

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch o ...

(IRGC) and part of

Council for Intelligence Coordination Iran Intelligence Community refers to 16 separate active intelligence agencies in Iran. To conduct activities, Intelligence Coordinating Council or ICC ( fa, شورای هماهنگی اطلاعات) was created which is made up of agency heads. Pre ...

. The agency split from Intelligence unit of IRGC in 1984, and was mainly a

military intelligence Military intelligence is a military discipline that uses information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to assist commanders in their decisions. This aim is achieved by providing an assessment of data from a ...

unit. In 1991, the agency was restructured as an independent organization reporting to the

Supreme Leader of Iran The Supreme Leader of Iran ( fa, رهبر ایران, rahbar-e irān) is the head of state of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Supreme Leader directs the executive system and judicial system of the Islamic theocratic government and is the co ...

, mainly tasked with IRGC personnel

surveillance Surveillance is the monitoring of behavior, many activities, or information for the purpose of information gathering, influencing, managing or directing. This can include observation from a distance by means of electronic equipment, such as ...

and combating espionage inside the

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Iranian intelligence agencies Iranian security organisations Military intelligence agencies Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Counterintelligence agencies {{iran-mil-stub

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