The implications of attention to science and technology in the intelligence protection during the sacred defense era

Intelligence protection is one of the pillars of the armed forces in the headquarters and lines that its mission is counter-intelligence in nature. Although today, the possession of science and technology is considered one of the factors of superiority and success in this field, but whether this issue was considered and played a role in the special conditions of the holy defense era, requires research. Therefore, the main question of the research is to find signs of attention to science and technology in the activities of intelligence protecting during the holy defense era and categorizing them. The research process was carried out with a qualitative approach and based on the implication research method and document analysis. First, from the perspective of science and technology, primary data was collected by referring to a part of official correspondence and written memories of a number of IRGC commanders and senior intelligence protection officials during the Holy Defense period. Then, the validity of their implications on the concept of “attention to science and technology” and the proposed category were measured by subject experts and appropriate labeling was done. Finally, the validated cases were categorized in the form of structural, behavioral and contextual three-pronged model. The results show that in this part of the sacred defense and among the organizational factors, there are many signs of knowledge operations such as: use, acquisition, application, sharing, promotion and production of science as well as clear signs of technological measures such as Identifying, applying, improving, innovating and producing products and inventing work methods to solve problems and practical issues have existed and can be counted. Of course, the repetition and diversity of these signs have been more in behavioral factors and less in structural factors.