Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 20 Irans Interior Ministry has set up a new intelligence-gathering directorate across the country, the semi-official daily Kayhan reported on Monday. Iran Focus
Tehran, Iran, Feb. 20 Irans Interior Ministry has set up a new intelligence-gathering directorate across the country, the semi-official daily Kayhan reported on Monday.
The report said that the department had the task of gathering intelligence and distributing a security-related bulletin among the countrys officials and governorates.
Brigadier General Mohammad Namjouyan, a top Interior Ministry official, said the network had begun surveillance operations in 17 of the countrys provinces.
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