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Does Iran have an intelligence agency?
The Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Persian: وزارت اطّلاعات جمهوری اسلامی ایران, romanized: Vezarat-e Ettela’at Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran) is the primary intelligence agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran and a member of the Iran Intelligence Community.
How much power does Iran have?
Energy Balance
| Electricity | total | Iran per capita |
|---|---|---|
| Production | 272.30 bn kWh | 3,241.94 kWh |
| Import | 4.22 bn kWh | 50.25 kWh |
| Export | 6.82 bn kWh | 81.22 kWh |
| 100.0\% of the country’s population (as of 2019) has access to electricity. |
Who has more power in Iran?
Supreme Leader There have been only two Supreme Leaders since the founding of the Islamic Republic, and the current leader (Ali Khamenei), has been in power since 1989.
What is the Iranian equivalent of the CIA?
Romanian Intelligence Service
The Romanian Intelligence Service (Romanian: Serviciul Român de Informații, abbreviated SRI) is Romania’s main domestic intelligence service.
Who is at the top of the Iranian government?
At the top of Iran’s power structure is the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who succeeded Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the father of the Iranian Revolution, upon Khomeini’s death in 1989.
What is the role of the Iranian regular army?
Together with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the regular army comprises the Islamic Republic’s armed forces. According to Iran’s Constitution, the regular army of the Islamic Republic is responsible for guarding the independence and territorial integrity of the country and maintaining order.
What is the difference between Iran and Iran’s political system?
The obvious difference lies in the fact that Iran is an Islamic theocracy, and that one man, the Supreme Leader, exerts ideological and political control over a system dominated by clerics who shadow every major function of the state.
Does Mohammad Khatami have control of Iran’s military?
While Western governments welcomed the election of Mohammad Khatami — a forward-thinking cleric known for his moderate views — to the presidency in 1997 (and again in 2001), there are areas of the Iranian power structure over which he has virtually no control, including the armed services.