Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Persian: سازمان حفاظت اطلاعات سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی‎) 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]

Chairmans

No.	Chairman	Rank	Took office	Left office
1	Ali Saeedi Shahroudi	None (Clergyman)	20 November 1984[3]	6 March 1994[4]
2	Morteza Rezaee	Brigadier General	6 March 1994[4]	6 May 2006[5]
3	Gholam-Hossein Ramezani	None (Clergyman)	6 May 2006[5]	?[lower-alpha 1]
4	Mohammad Kazemi	Brigadier General	?[lower-alpha 2]	Incumbent

See also

• Parallel Intelligence Agency
• Intelligence Protection Organization of Islamic Republic of Iran Army, similar agency

Notelist

1. before 2011[6]
2. before 2014[7]

References

1. Haghighatnejad, Reza (17 October 2014). "Iran Intelligence Revelations: How Khamenei Wields Power". Iran Wire. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
2. "به بهانه 20 بهمن ماه سازمان حفاظت اطلاعات سپاه؛ دو دهه خوشنامي و گمنامي" (in Persian). Mashregh News. February 9, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
3. "نامه به آقای محسن رضایی (موافقت با مسئول حفاظت اطلاعات پیشنهادی)" (in Persian). Comprehensive portal of Imam Khomeini. 20 November 1984. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
4. "انتصاب ریاست‌ سازمان‌ حفاظت‌ و اطلاعات‌ سپاه" (in Persian). Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran. 7 March 1994. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
5. "برگزاري مراسم معارفه جانشين فرمانده كل سپاه و رئيس سازمان حفاظت و اطلاعات اين نيرو". Ettela'at (in Persian) (23620). 7 May 2006. p. 13. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
6. "حجت‌الاسلام رمضاني رئيس سازمان حفاظت اطلاعات وزارت دفاع شد" (in Persian). Fars News Agency. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
7. "فرماندهان ارشد سپاه و ارتش در یک نما" (in Persian). Mashregh News. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2017.