Prime Ministry Intelligence Office Explained

Agency Name:Prime Ministry Intelligence Office
Formed:1980
Dissolved:18 August 1984
Superseding:Ministry of Intelligence
Preceding1:SAVAK
Parent Department:Prime Minister of Iran
Headquarters:Tehran

Prime Ministry Intelligence Office (Persian: دفتر اطلاعات نخست‌وزیری) was an Intelligence agency in Iran directly subordinated to the Prime Minister's Office. The agency was formed after Iranian Revolution to be successor to the dissolved SAVAK, and turned into Ministry of Intelligence in 1984. The office was founded by Khosrow Tehrani, and after an agreement with Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which was mainly focused on foreign intelligence and counter-intelligence.