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SAVAK

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SAVAK
Iranian secret police [Iranian History: Facts (1979), 125]
See : Brutality
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support (and Israeli support), and operated one of the more severe secret police forces -- the SAVAK -- in the region to quell dissent.
Long on rhetoric, short on memory by Albawaba.com
A reformist on June 20 described Khamenei of being "as terrified as the shah" Muhammad-Reza Pahlavi was in late 1978 when he ordered his formidable armed forces and SAVAK to crush the Khomeini-inspired riots.
Iran's June 12 Elections Re-Produce An Ahmadi-Nejad More Empowered To ... by APS Diplomat News Service
support (and Israeli support), and operated one of the more severe secret police forces -- the SAVAK -- in the region to quell dissent.
Long on Rhetoric, Short on Memory by The Palestine Chronicle (Mountlake Terrace, WA)
 
 
 
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