Ministry of Intelligence

The Ministry of Intelligence claimed to have arrested "9 foreign nationals" "on or behind the scenes" of the protests.

As popular protests in various cities in Iran escalated, the Islamic Republic's Ministry of Intelligence issued a statement claiming that individuals...

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US sanctions Iran's intelligence minister and ministry

The United States Treasury Department on Friday, September 9, accused Iran's Ministry of Intelligence of a cyberattack in July...

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Reyhaneh Taravati, photographer and women's rights activist, arrested by intelligence agents

Reyhaneh Taravati, photographer, videographer, and women's rights activist, was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence agents on Monday morning, May 9, and…

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Narges Mohammadi sentenced to imprisonment, flogging, and a ban on telecommunications

Civil activist Narges Mohammadi was sentenced to 8 years in prison after two months of interrogation and imprisonment in solitary confinement at the Ministry of Intelligence’s detention center.

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Ahmad Montazeri calls accusation of being an informant for the Ministry of Intelligence a "complete lie"

Ahmad Montazeri, son of Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, made statements by a “former official” of the Islamic Republic’s Ministry of Intelligence regarding his being an informant for this…

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A report on the secret detention centers of Iranian security agencies in Urmia, Sanandaj, and Kermanshah

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network, in a report on the detention conditions, interrogation methods, and torture of political prisoners in the detention centers of the Ministry of Intelligence and…

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A mother and her four-year-old child were arrested by Ilam intelligence; "There is no information about their fate"

The human rights website "Hengao" reported on Monday, November 23, that a month has passed since the arrest of a four-year-old child along with…

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Reactions to the former Minister of Intelligence's statements about Hashemi Rafsanjani and the attempt to disqualify him; Mohsen Hashemi's "grievance" to Khamenei

The former Iranian Minister of Intelligence's statements about how Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was disqualified in the 2013 presidential election were met with…

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