Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps should not be confused with Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Persian: سازمان حفاظت اطلاعات سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sazman-e Hefazat-e Sepah) is an Iranian intelligence agency within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and part of Council for Intelligence Coordination.[1]
The agency split from Intelligence unit of IRGC in 1984, and was mainly a military intelligence unit. In 1991, the agency was restructured as an independent organization reporting to the Supreme Leader of Iran, mainly tasked with IRGC personnel surveillance and combating espionage inside the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.[2]
The Intelligence Protection Organization has three subsidiary units: the Supreme Leader’s Protection Corps (Sazman-e Sepah-e Vali-e Amr); the Ansar-al-Mahdi Protection Unit; and the Aviation Protection Organization (or Airlines' Protection Unit) (Sepah-e Hefazat-e Havapeimaei).[3]
| Chairman | Rank | Took office | Left office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ali Saeedi Shahroudi | None (Clergyman) | 20 November 1984[4] | 6 March 1994 | |
| 2 | Morteza Rezaee | Brigadier General | 6 March 1994[5] | 6 May 2006[6] | |
| 3 | Gholam-Hossein Ramezani | None (Clergyman) | 6 May 2006 | ? | |
| 4 | Mohammad Kazemi | Brigadier General | ? | 26 June2022 | |
| 5 | Majid Khademi | 26 June2022 | Incumbent |