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Saturday, September 21, 2013

Department of Disinformation

Department of Disinformation

The Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) uses all means at its disposal to protect the Islamic Revolution of Iran, utilizing such methods as infiltrating internal opposition groups, monitoring domestic threats and expatriate dissent, arresting alleged spies and dissidents, exposing conspiracies deemed threatening, and maintaining liaison with other foreign intelligence agencies as well as with organizations that protect the Islamic Republic’s interests around the world. The Department of Disinformation, said to be the largest department in MOIS, was in charge of creating faulty information about Iranian opponents and disseminating. The section had a staff of several thousand,

Summary quotes:
  • The largest element within the MIOS is the Department of Disinformation
  • The ministry has a Department of Disinformation, which is in charge of creating and waging psychological warfare against the enemies of the Islamic Republic. (IRAN’S MINISTRY OF INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY: A PROFILE)
  • The Department of Disinformation, said to be the largest department in MOIS, was in charge of creating faulty information about Iranian opponents and disseminating. The section had a staff of several thousand, many of whom are former dissidents who had either been forced or lured by the great deals of money, to work with the organization. During the Presidency of Ahmadinejad the Foreign Affairs directorate received an increasingly large amount of attention and growth.
Media outlets carrying news created by Department of Disinformation and MOIS

Outlets which co-operate with PressTV, FARS, or Mehr as reliable sources:
  • Ghatreh.org  Persian / English language website hosted in Canada
  • GlobalResearch.ca Canada
  • Veterans Today  United States
Sources:

  • disinfo.com/tag/state-department
    ... the Guardian can disclose that Arab leaders are privately urging an air strike on Iranand that US officials have been instructed to spy on the UN’s leadership. ...
  • freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/LOC-MOIS.pdf · PDF file
    x The ministry has a Department of Disinformation, which is in charge of creating and ... Islamic Republic News Agency [IRNA; Tehran], September 5, ...
  • www.globalsecurity.org › Intelligence › World › Iran
    The Department of Disinformation, ... VEVAK frequently relied on the foreign branches of Iranian state-controlled banks to place intelligence agents and to finance ...
  • www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/iran-resistance/12668-iran-intelligence...
    Iran Intelligence Ministry- a report by The Pentagon and The Library of Congress. ... “The ministry has a Department of Disinformation, ...
  • www.ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/terrorism-fundamentalism/12687...
    NCRI - The Iranian regime, engulfed in internal, regional and international crises following the delisting of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK ...
  • www.isdciran.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1799:...
    In Iran the MOIS as well as the IRGC intelligence to include the Quds Force, ... the largest element within the MIOS is the Department of Disinformation.
  • www.algemeiner.com/2012/10/07/irans-diplomatic-deception-strategy...
    In a rare admission two weeks ago, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Fereydoon Abbasi, was quoted in al-Hayat saying the Iranian government had ...
  • iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2013/jan/14/congress-report-iran...
    Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security has recently expanded its operations in the Middle East ... · The ministry has a Department of Disinformation, ...

    Congress Report: Iran Intelligence Expanding

               Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security has recently expanded its operations in the Middle East and beyond, most notably in Latin America and Europe, according to a new report by theLibrary of Congress. A profile of the ministry, which is shrouded in secrecy, claims that hard-liners are in charge of the ministry, but that the organization includes a mixture of political ideologies. The following is the executive summary followed by a link to the full text.  
    ·    The Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) uses all means at its disposal to protect the Islamic Revolution of Iran, utilizing such methods as infiltrating internal opposition groups, monitoring domestic threats and expatriate dissent, arresting alleged spies and dissidents, exposing conspiracies deemed threatening, and maintaining liaison with other foreign intelligence agencies as well as with organizations that protect the Islamic Republic’s interests around the world.


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