Ministry of Intelligence of Iran
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The Ministry of Intelligence of Iran is the country's primary intelligence and security agency, responsible for domestic and foreign intelligence operations, counterintelligence, and internal security.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1658304 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ministry of Intelligence of Iran Context triple: [Government of Iran, hasMinistry, Ministry of Intelligence of Iran]
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A.
Government of Iran
The Government of Iran is the central political authority of the Islamic Republic, encompassing its executive, legislative, and judicial branches under a theocratic-republican system led by the Supreme Leader.
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B.
Mossad
Mossad is Israel’s national intelligence agency, known for its covert operations, espionage, and counterterrorism activities worldwide.
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C.
Iraqi Intelligence Service
The Iraqi Intelligence Service was the main intelligence and secret police agency of Saddam Hussein’s regime, responsible for internal repression, surveillance, and foreign espionage in Iraq.
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D.
Egyptian General Intelligence Service
The Egyptian General Intelligence Service is Egypt’s primary civilian intelligence agency, responsible for foreign intelligence, national security, and counterterrorism operations.
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E.
Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran
The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran are the country’s unified military establishment, comprising the regular army, navy, air force, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, responsible for national defense and regional power projection.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ministry of Intelligence of Iran Target entity description: The Ministry of Intelligence of Iran is the country's primary intelligence and security agency, responsible for domestic and foreign intelligence operations, counterintelligence, and internal security.
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A.
Government of Iran
The Government of Iran is the central political authority of the Islamic Republic, encompassing its executive, legislative, and judicial branches under a theocratic-republican system led by the Supreme Leader.
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B.
Mossad
Mossad is Israel’s national intelligence agency, known for its covert operations, espionage, and counterterrorism activities worldwide.
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C.
Iraqi Intelligence Service
The Iraqi Intelligence Service was the main intelligence and secret police agency of Saddam Hussein’s regime, responsible for internal repression, surveillance, and foreign espionage in Iraq.
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D.
Egyptian General Intelligence Service
The Egyptian General Intelligence Service is Egypt’s primary civilian intelligence agency, responsible for foreign intelligence, national security, and counterterrorism operations.
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E.
Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran
The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran are the country’s unified military establishment, comprising the regular army, navy, air force, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, responsible for national defense and regional power projection.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government ministry
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intelligence agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
MOIS
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VAJA ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| engagesIn |
counterterrorism
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cyber operations ⓘ intelligence gathering ⓘ interrogation ⓘ surveillance ⓘ |
| establishedInPeriod | post-1979 Iranian Revolution ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | executive branch of Iran ⓘ |
| hasOperationalScope |
domestic
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international ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentBody | Minister of Intelligence ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Tehran ⓘ |
| headTitle | Minister of Intelligence ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Supreme Leader of Iran ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Iran
ⓘ
surface form:
Islamic Republic of Iran
|
| languageOfName | Persian ⓘ |
| legalBasis | laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Ministry of Intelligence of Iran
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
وزارت اطلاعات جمهوری اسلامی ایران
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| notableFor |
monitoring of journalists and activists
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role in internal repression in Iran ⓘ |
| operatesUnder |
Supreme National Security Council
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surface form:
Supreme National Security Council of Iran
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| parentAgency | Government of Iran ⓘ |
| partOf | Government of Iran ⓘ |
| predecessor | SAVAK ⓘ |
| regionServed | Iran ⓘ |
| replaces | SAVAMA ⓘ |
| reportsTo | President of Iran ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
counterespionage
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counterintelligence ⓘ covert operations ⓘ domestic intelligence ⓘ foreign intelligence ⓘ intelligence analysis ⓘ internal security ⓘ monitoring opposition groups ⓘ surveillance of political dissidents ⓘ |
| seat | Tehran ⓘ |
| sector |
intelligence
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security ⓘ |
| securityRole |
regime protection
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state security ⓘ |
| shortName |
MOIS
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Ministry of Intelligence ⓘ VAJA ⓘ |
| typeOfJurisdiction | national ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ministry of Intelligence of Iran Description of subject: The Ministry of Intelligence of Iran is the country's primary intelligence and security agency, responsible for domestic and foreign intelligence operations, counterintelligence, and internal security.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Iranian security and intelligence agencies
this entity surface form:
Sazeman-e Ettela'at va Amniyat-e Keshvar
this entity surface form:
Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Ministry of Intelligence of Iran
→
nativeName
→
Ministry of Intelligence of Iran
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
وزارت اطلاعات جمهوری اسلامی ایران