Secret police, domestic security and intelligence service in Iran during the reign of the Pahlavi dynasty From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
No. | Portrait | Director | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Timsar Teymur Bakhtiar (1914–1970) | 1957 | 1961 | 3–4 years | |
2 | Hassan Pakravan (1911–1979) | Timsar1961 | 1965 | 3–4 years | |
3 | Nematollah Nassiri (1911–1979) | Timsar1965 | 1978 | 12–13 years | |
4 | Nasser Moghaddam (1921–1979) | Timsar1978 | 1979 | 0–1 years |
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