Council for Intelligence Coordination explained

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

Members

• Ministry of Intelligence, is main intelligence organization working under government.

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

• Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
• Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
• Intelligence Unit of the Islamic Republic Army
• Intelligence Unit of the Islamic Republic Police

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

• Intelligence Protection Organization of Islamic Republic of Iran Army
• Intelligence Protection Organization of the Ministry of Defense and Logistics of the Armed Forces
• The Commander-in-Chief's General Bureau for Intelligence Protection
• Intelligence Protection Organization of the Armed Forces General Headquarters
• Cyber Police
• Iranian Public Security and Intelligence Police
• Center for Investigating Organized Crime

See also

• Parallel Intelligence Agency
• Ministry of Intelligence

Notes and References

1. Web site: Announced for the First Time: Iran Has 16 Intelligence Agencies. Bahmani. Arash. 25 October 2014. Rooz Online. February 27, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040121/http://www.roozonline.com/english/news3/newsitem/article/iran-has-16-intelligence-agencies.html. 1 December 2017. dead.
2. Web site: Iran Intelligence Revelations: How Khamenei Wields Power. Haghighatnejad. Reza. 17 October 2014. Iran Wire. February 27, 2015. 25 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141025084454/http://en.iranwire.com/features/6081/. dead.