Prime Ministry Intelligence Office () was an

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directly subordinated to the Prime Minister's Office. The agency was formed after

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to be successor to the dissolved

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, and turned into Ministry of Intelligence in 1984. The office was founded by Khosrow Tehrani, and after an agreement with

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, which was mainly focused on foreign intelligence and

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Government agencies established in 1980 Government agencies disestablished in 1984 Organisations of the Iranian Revolution Defunct Iranian intelligence agencies {{iran-stub