Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

{{Short description|Iranian intelligence bureau}}

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The Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ({{langx|fa|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.{{cite web|url=http://en.iranwire.com/features/6081/|title=Iran Intelligence Revelations: How Khamenei Wields Power|last1=Haghighatnejad|first1=Reza|date=17 October 2014|publisher=Iran Wire|access-date=February 27, 2015|archive-date=25 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025084454/http://en.iranwire.com/features/6081/|url-status=dead}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/28747/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AD%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B8%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%AF%D9%88-%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%87-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A-%D9%88-%DA%AF%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A|language=fa|title=به بهانه 20 بهمن ماه سازمان حفاظت اطلاعات سپاه؛ دو دهه خوشنامي و گمنامي|publisher=Mashregh News|date=February 9, 2011|access-date =October 15, 2015}}

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).https://iranwire.com/en/features/65742/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}