romanized: Sāzmān-e Ettelā'āt va Amniyat-e Keshvar), 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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Nasser Moghaddam (category Directors of SAVAK)
an Iranian military officer who served as the fourth and final chief of SAVAK from 6 June 1978 to 12 February 1979. He assumed the position after the...
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SAVAK is an indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York. Their debut album Best of Luck in Future Endeavors was released on Comedy Minus One in May 2016,...
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Teymur Bakhtiar (category Directors of SAVAK)
Iranian general and the founder and head of SAVAK from 1956 to 1961 when he was dismissed by the Shah. In 1970, SAVAK agents assassinated him in Iraq. He was...
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Nematollah Nassiri (category Directors of SAVAK)
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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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...
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Parviz Sabeti (category People of SAVAK)
ثابتی; born March 25, 1936, in Sang-e Sar) is an Iranian lawyer, former SAVAK top deputy under the regime of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Born in Sang-e Sar...
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Indian Hindi-language psychological supernatural horror film produced by Savak Vacha and Ashok Kumar under the banner of Bombay Talkies, and directed by...
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