Iran’s role in regional and global security policy has been for year the topic of numerous analyses and research projects. The Persians’ power ambitions, their contestation of the global domination of the United States, the expansion of their influence into the Persian Gulf region and the Middle East, as well as the military nuclear programme builds up a dynamic picture of Iranian politics. The events of the early 2020 have drawn attention to the organsation and structure of the security and intelligence apparatus of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This analysis presents the first stage of the process of the construction of Iran’s intelligence community, covering the period from the overthrow of the regime of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1979) to the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini (1989).
KBN Analysis no. 2 (54) / 2020
10 February 2020
Iran’s role in regional and global security policy has been for year the topic of numerous analyses and research projects. The Persians’ power ambitions, their contestation of the global domination of the United States, the expansion of their influence into the Persian Gulf region and the Middle East, as well as the military nuclear programme builds up a dynamic picture of Iranian politics. The events of the early 2020 have drawn attention to the organsation and structure of the security and intelligence apparatus of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This analysis presents the first stage of the process of the construction of Iran’s intelligence community, covering the period from the overthrow of the regime of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1979) to the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini (1989).
In the photo: Logo of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security
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