Iranian Police Ideological−Political Organization

Hujjat al-Islam Aboutorab Bahrami (middle), Head of Ideological−Political Organization of NAJA

Ideological−Political Organization or Bureau of NAJA (Persian: سازمان عقیدتی سیاسی ناجا‎‎; Aghidati-Siasi) is one of three virtually independent hierarchical systems inside Law Enforcement Force of Islamic Republic of Iran, alongside its Command system (led by the Chief Police Commander) and the Intelligence Protection Organization.^[1] Director of the organization is directly appointed by the Supreme Leader of Iran.^[1] The Ideological−Political organizations of Iranian armed forces are taught to indoctrinate the personnel with Islamic and political training aligned with the Supreme Leader's guidelines. The organization is supervised by clerics.^[2]

References

1. Sinkaya, Bayram (2015), The Revolutionary Guards in Iranian Politics: Elites and Shifting Relations, Routledge, pp. 56–58, ISBN 1317525647
2. Forozan, Hesam (2015), The Military in Post-Revolutionary Iran: The Evolution and Roles of the Revolutionary Guards, Taylor & Francis, pp. 56–58, ISBN 1317430735