SAVAK

"Savak" redirects here. For the band, see Savak (band).

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.

Sazeman-e Ettela'at va Amniyat-e Keshvar (SAVAK)

سازمان اطلاعات و امنیت کشور
Agency overview
Formed	20 March 1957 (1957-03-20)
Dissolved	February 12, 1979 (1979-02-12)
Superseding agency	Prime Ministry Intelligence Office
Headquarters	Tehran
Employees	5,000 at peak[1]
Agency executives	Teymur Bakhtiar (first) Nasser Moghaddam (last)

Directors

No.	Portrait	Director	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Bakhtiar, TeymurTimsar Teymur Bakhtiar (1914–1970)	1957	1961	3–4 years
2		Pakravan, HassanTimsar Hassan Pakravan (1911–1979)	1961	1965	3–4 years
3		Nassiri, NematollahTimsar Nematollah Nassiri (1911–1979)	1965	1978	12–13 years
4		Moghaddam, NasserTimsar Nasser Moghaddam (1921–1979)	1978	1979	0–1 years

Related pages

• Second Bureau of Imperial Iranian Army
• Prime Ministry Intelligence Office
• Ministry of Intelligence (Iran)