Amid Israeli and US Victories, Russia and Iran Sign an Intelligence Pact
(WorldNews Iran)

Opinion From left: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Russia, 2017. Photo: Kremlin. The Islamic Republic of Iran has an extensive and complex intelligence apparatus. Its two most important intelligence institutions are the Ministry of Intelligence (MOI) and the intelligence arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). A third key intelligence organization is the IRGC`s Intelligence Protection Organization, which operates independently of the Corps`s intelligence arm and deals in counterintelligence. While Iran`s intelligence organizations are well equipped and have achieved important successes (particularly...