Ouqab 2 is an Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian counter-espionage

Counter-Espionage

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 agency set up in December 2005 aimed at protecting its nuclear programme against external operations. Its creation would have been decided after the arrest of two foreign agents collecting information about two previously unknown nuclear plants in Parchin

Parchin

Parchin is an Iranian military complex, located about 30 km southeast of Tehran. To the northwest of Parchin in the Barjamali Hills, a test range for liquid-propellant missile engines is part of the Shahid Hemat Industrial Group research facility, where signature of engine test stand firing...

 and Lawizan.

Internal organisation

At first directed by General Reza Gholam Mohrabi, the agency is now led since mid-April 2007 by Ahmad Wahidi, an important character in the Revolutionary Guards. He is seconded by general Akbar Dianatr Far, who had previously worked in the Pasdarans' intelligence service, and general Ali Naqdi, a former police intelligence aide.

The number of members is, for the moment, unsure but could be around 10,000 men.

See also

• Ministry of Intelligence and National Security of Iran
• Counter-intelligence and counter-terrorism organizations
  Counter-intelligence and counter-terrorism organizations
  Counterintelligence, and closely related counterterrorism, may well be a source of positive intelligence on the opposition's priorities and thinking, not just a defensive measure. Still, foreign intelligence capability is an important part of early warning...
  
  
• Nuclear program of Iran
  Nuclear program of Iran
  The nuclear program of Iran was launched in the 1950s with the help of the United States as part of the Atoms for Peace program. The support, encouragement and participation of the United States and Western European governments in Iran's nuclear program continued until the 1979 Iranian Revolution...
  
  
• Lawrence Franklin espionage scandal