Iranian Cyber Police

Iranian Cyber Police
پلیس فضای تولید و تبادل اطلاعات ایران
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AbbreviationFATA
Agency overview
FormedJanuary 23, 2011
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionIslamic Republic of Iran
Operational structure
Agency executive
  • 2nd Brigadier General Vahid Majid
Website
cyberpolice.ir/en

The Iranian Cyber Police (Persian: پلیس فضای تولید و تبادل اطلاعات ایران, Pelis-e Fezai-ye Tulid-e vâ Tebadâl-e Atlâ'at-e Iran, lit. The Police for the Sphere of the Production and Exchange of Information,[1] also known as FATA Persian: فتا) is a unit of the Islamic Republic of Iran Police, founded in January 2011. In December 2012, the head of Tehran's cyber police unit was dismissed about the death of Iranian blogger Sattar Beheshti, who was being held in the cyber police's custody.