An intelligence agency is a government agency responsible for the collection, analysis , and exploitation of information in support of law enforcement , national security , military , public safety , and foreign policy objectives.
3-537: Iran Intelligence Community refers to 16 separate active intelligence agencies in Iran . To conduct activities, Intelligence Coordinating Council or ICC ( Persian : شورای هماهنگی اطلاعات ) was created which is made up of agency heads. Presence of 16 agencies was announced for the first time by the Fars News Agency in 2014. The Fars News Agency report names four other agencies as: An illustration published alongside
6-547: Is known as intelligence analysis or intelligence assessment . Intelligence agencies can provide the following services for their national governments. There is a distinction between "security intelligence" and "foreign intelligence". Security intelligence pertains to domestic threats, including terrorism and espionage. Foreign intelligence involves information collection relating to the political, or economic activities of foreign states. Some agencies have been involved in assassination , arms trafficking , coups d'état , and
9-496: The article, reveals insignia of other agencies as: This article related to the Iranian armed forces is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Intelligence agencies Means of information gathering are both overt and covert and may include espionage , communication interception , cryptanalysis , cooperation with other institutions, and evaluation of public sources. The assembly and propagation of this information
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