Prime Ministry Intelligence Office

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Prime Ministry Intelligence Office
Agency overview
Formed1980
Preceding agency
Dissolved18 August 1984
Superseding agency
HeadquartersTehran
Parent departmentPrime Minister of Iran

Prime Ministry Intelligence Office (Persian: دفتر اطلاعات نخست‌وزیری) was an Intelligence agency in Iran directly subordinated to the Prime Minister's Office. The agency was formed after Iranian Revolution to be successor to the dissolved SAVAK, and turned into Ministry of Intelligence in 1984. The office was founded by Khosrow Tehrani, and after an agreement with Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which was mainly focused on foreign intelligence and counter-intelligence.[1]

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  1. ^ سرنوشت ساواک پس از انقلاب چه شد؟, Tarikh Irani, retrieved 20 October 2015