Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army

{{Short description|Iranian Military intelligence agency}}

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| formed = {{start date and age|1983|df=yes}}

| preceding1 = Second Bureau of Imperial Iranian Army

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| jurisdiction = Government of Iran

| headquarters = Tehran

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| chief1_name = Mohammad Hassan Habibian

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Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army ({{langx|fa|سازمان حفاظت اطلاعات ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران}}), acronymed SAHEFAJA ({{langx|fa|ساحفاجا}}),{{cite web|url=http://www.parsine.com/fa/news/180156/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85-%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%AE%D9%81%D9%81-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%AD|title=اسم هاي مخفف در نيروهاي مسلح|publisher=Parsine|date=6 January 2014|access-date=1 June 2016|language=Persian}} is a military intelligence agency with a mission to perform counterespionage measures inside the army in order to prevent, discover and neutralize possible subversions, sabotages and coup d'etats. It has an independent command hierarchy from the army.{{cite web|url=http://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/91404|title=قانون ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران|publisher=Majlis Research Center|date=|access-date=1 June 2016|language=Persian|archive-date=28 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928200457/http://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/91404|url-status=dead}}

Directors

  • Mustafa Torabipour (1987–1998)
  • Mehdi Montazeri (1998–2001)
  • Akbar Diyantfar (2001–2005)
  • fareang memar nehavandi (2005–?)
  • Mohammad Hassan Habibian (?–2018)

See also

References