- romanized: Sâzmân-ē Ettelâ'ât və Əmniyət-ē Kēšvər}}),
shortened to as
SAVAK (Persian: ساواک) or
S.A.V.A.K. (Persian: س.ا.و.ا.ک) was the
secret police of the Imperial...
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initially eager to
purge SAVAK elements from the new organization, but that
pragmatism eventually prevailed, with many
experienced SAVAK personnel being retained...
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Iranian general and the
founder and head of
SAVAK from 1956 to 1961 when he was
dismissed by the Shah. In 1970,
SAVAK agents ********inated him in Iraq. He was...
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SAVAK is an
indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York.
Their debut album Best of Luck in ****ure
Endeavors was
released on
Comedy Minus One in May 2016,...
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opponents with the help of Iran's
security and
intelligence secret police,
SAVAK. Such
opponents included leftists and Islamists. By the mid-1970s, relying...
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militants started the fire,
while anti-Pahlavi
protesters falsely blamed SAVAK, the
Iranian secret police, for
setting the fire. Even
though Islamic extremists...
- an
Iranian military officer who
served as the
fourth and
final chief of
SAVAK from 6 June 1978 to 12
February 1979. He ****umed the
position after the...
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February 1979) was an
Iranian military officer who
served as the
director of
SAVAK, the
Iranian intelligence agency during the rule of
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi...
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various reports that
SAVAK agents were
present at the scene. Hence, his
death was
attributed to the Shah's
secret police,
SAVAK. His
father later described...
- militants—claimed by the
opposition as
having been
orchestrated by Pahlavi's
SAVAK—served as a
catalyst for a po****r
revolutionary movement across Iran, and...
