Organization · Military & intelligence
IRGC Intelligence Organization
IRGC intelligence body; permanent head unresolved
The IRGC Intelligence Organization is the Guard’s intelligence body. Public reporting in August 2026 did not resolve a permanent head.
WHY THIS ENTITY MATTERS
RH ASSESSMENT
The organization matters as the intelligence arm of a major military-security institution. The leadership gap is itself a material item to track.
- Record type
- Organization dossier
- Primary role
- IRGC intelligence body; permanent head unresolved
- Network sector
- Military & intelligence
- Documented links
- 2
Profile
The IRGC Intelligence Organization is the Guard’s intelligence body. Public reporting in August 2026 did not resolve a permanent head.
Scope note: this foundation dossier is limited to the selected public records behind the RH Iran network. It does not claim a complete biography, ownership history, command structure, or account of private influence.
Documented connections
Every relationship below is labeled by evidence type and carries the limitation recorded in the network source ledger.
In October 2024, U.S. prosecutors described Bazghandi as an IRGC brigadier general who previously led a counterintelligence office within IRGC Intelligence.
Limit: The former department-level role is distinct from heading the entire Intelligence Organization. The 2024 description does not resolve his precise current remit.
U.S. DOJ · Bazghandi indictment · 22 Oct 2024The Intelligence Organization is an IRGC institution; its permanent leadership was reported unresolved in August 2026.
Limit: The vacancy report does not establish who exercised every acting authority.
Iran International · unfilled security postsWhat to watch
- Does the publicly identified leadership of IRGC Intelligence Organization change?
- Do official records document new coordination with Ruhollah Bazghandi?
- Do later sources confirm, narrow, or supersede the relationships recorded here?
Source record
- 01U.S. DOJ · Bazghandi indictment · 22 Oct 2024
Prosecutors describe an IRGC brigadier general and former IRGC Intelligence Organization counterintelligence chief. Charges are allegations; the defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
- 02Iran International · unfilled security posts
Reported leadership gaps in the Intelligence Ministry and IRGC Intelligence Organization in August 2026.