National Organization for Passive Defense

The National Organization for Passive Defense is an Iranian government bureau for civil defense in the country. It is formally part of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

History

The organization was established in 2003 and is headed by Gholamreza Jalali since 2005. In 2010 it was sanctioned by the European Union. In 2022 it introduced SOC, SCADA- EMS DDOS mitigation.
In 2023 it requested boycotting Europe diplomatically over Quran burning.

Powers and responsibilities

Its constitution was approved by the Iranian parliament in August 2023. It is responsible for defending the Iranian infrastructure from biologic, cyber, nuclear, electronic, chemical warfare and the CBRNE threat.
It works mainly with Iranian corporations and government departments and Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Industry, and Iranian Armed Forces. It consists of a high commission council and is financed by both the government and private corporations.