PARASTIN

(Protection)

This is the effective intelligence- gathering organization theIsraeli MossadandIranianSavak helpedMulla Mustafa Barzaniestablish in 1966 for theKurdistan Democratic Party(KDP). It became a formal legal institution in 2004. BothMassoud Barzaniand his elder half brotherIdris Barzaniran it at various times.Parastinis closely related toAsayesh, the KRG's counterterrorism and internal security agency.Masrour Barzani, the son of Massoud Barzani, heads both organizations.

See alsoCounterterrorism Group (CTG).