SAVAK
Secret police, domestic security and intelligence service in Iran during the reign of the Pahlavi dynasty
SAVAK (Persian: ساواک, abbreviation for سازمان اطلاعات و امنیت کشور Sâzemân-e Ettelâ'ât va Amniat-e Kešvar, lit. '"Intelligence and Security Organization of the Country"')[2] was the secret police, domestic security and intelligence service in Iran during the reign of the Pahlavi dynasty.
| سازمان اطلاعات و امنیت کشور | |
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| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 20 March 1957 |
| Dissolved | February 12, 1979 |
| Superseding agency | |
| Headquarters | Tehran |
| Employees | 5,000 at peak[1] |
| Agency executives |
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Directors
change| No. | Portrait | Director | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timsar Teymur Bakhtiar (1914–1970) | 1957 | 1961 | 3–4 years | |
| 2 | Timsar Hassan Pakravan (1911–1979) | 1961 | 1965 | 3–4 years | |
| 3 | Timsar Nematollah Nassiri (1911–1979) | 1965 | 1978 | 12–13 years | |
| 4 | Timsar Nasser Moghaddam (1921–1979) | 1978 | 1979 | 0–1 years |
Related pages
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change- ↑ Andrew Scott Cooper,The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran Hardcover – July 19, 2016 ISBN 0805098976, p. 231
- ↑ Summary - U.S. Department of State - State Department
Other websites
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- Ministry of Intelligence and Security VEVAK – Iran Intelligence Agencies at website of Federation of American Scientists
