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15 May 2007, 7:50 am
Haleh Esfandiari [WWC profile] is being held and investigated by the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and National Security for "security" crimes, a spokesperson for Iran's judiciary [official website] said Tuesday. [read post]
17 Jun 2015, 10:50 am by Benjamin Wittes
It isn't every day that Iranian spies try to recruit you, so it's a special edition of Rational Security, one in which a front group for the Iranian intelligence services make a play for Shane Harris. [read post]
7 Feb 2010, 1:12 pm by Dwyer Arce
[JURIST] Iranian authorities have arrested seven for allegedly planning to provoke rioting on February 11, the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution [BBC backgrounder], including several in the employ of the US Central Intelligence Agency [official website], according to a statement released Sunday by the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security [GlobalSecurity backgrounder]. [read post]
According to US intelligence officials, the plot was part of a larger effort by the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) to repress criticism of the Iranian government. [read post]
10 Jan 2019, 8:44 am by Elizabeth Lowman
The EU imposed sanctions against Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security and two Iranian nationals on Tuesday. [read post]
13 Aug 2020, 7:06 am by Colin P. Clarke, Mollie Saltskog
Washington should pay close attention to whether China pursues a similar mechanism for intelligence cooperation with Iran, by, for example, granting the Iranian Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics observer status to China’s Joint Staff Department meetings. [read post]
4 Jan 2018, 10:00 am by Hayley Evans
Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee issued its annual report. [read post]
The Iranian Intelligence Ministry Wednesday said in a statement through the state-run IRNA news agency that former Deputy Minister of Defence Alireza Akbari was arrested and charged with spying for Britain’s foreign intelligence service SIS, better known as MI6. [read post]
10 May 2016, 4:30 am by Ashley Deeks
Zachary Goldman and Samuel Rascoff recently released Global Intelligence Oversight: Governing Security in the Twenty-First Century. [read post]
11 Jul 2019, 11:01 am by Vishnu Kannan
Defense Ministry issued a statement expressing concern and urging “Iranian authorities to de-escalate the situation in the region. [read post]
The ministry appeared to indicate that they would continue the search beyond the country’s borders and called for Iranian’s continued support in reporting suspicious cases. [read post]
21 Feb 2020, 8:55 am by Elliot Setzer
Turkey’s defense ministry also said that over 50 Syrian forces members had been killed in retaliation in Idlib. [read post]
22 Jul 2019, 1:15 pm by Vishnu Kannan
According to documents from the Iranian Intelligence Ministry, the operatives were tasked with collecting information from “substantial centers as well as intelligence/technical operations. [read post]
The plot was intended to take place during the summer of 2022 but was averted by Iranian intelligence. [read post]
16 Aug 2022, 6:42 am by Matthew Levitt
After an Iranian diplomat and several other operatives were arrested across Europe for a plot to bomb a July 2018 NCRI rally in Paris, Belgian prosecutors explicitly tied the plot to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security, whose tasks “primarily include the intensive observation and combatting of opposition groups inside and outside Iran. [read post]
8 Dec 2010, 9:23 am by Elise Auerbach
Prisoners in Iran—particularly those held in Section 209 of Evin Prison or other locations controlled by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence–are commonly subjected to torture and ill-treatment. [read post]
16 Mar 2022, 3:46 pm by Shirin Mori
The Secure Gateway Taskforce is to be composed of representatives from the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC Intelligence Organization), the Ministry of Intelligence, the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), the Passive Defense Organization, the Police Force, and the office of Prosecutor General. [read post]
23 Jun 2021, 2:08 pm by Ajay Sarma, Christiana Wayne
Vishnu Kannan summarized a declassified Nov. 2020 ruling from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that granted the U.S. government’s request to continue collecting information under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. [read post]
19 Jul 2018, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
Britain argued to American intelligence that nationalization was just one step away from Communism, the common enemy after World War II. [read post]