SAVAK

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
Formed20 March 1957 (1957-03-20)
DissolvedFebruary 12, 1979 (1979-02-12)
Superseding agency
  • Prime Ministry Intelligence Office
HeadquartersTehran
Employees5,000 at peak[1]
Agency executives
  • Teymur Bakhtiar (first)
  • Nasser Moghaddam (last)

Directors
No. Portrait DirectorTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1
Teymur Bakhtiar
Bakhtiar, TeymurTimsar
Teymur Bakhtiar
(1914–1970)		195719613–4 years
2
Hassan Pakravan
Pakravan, HassanTimsar
Hassan Pakravan
(1911–1979)		196119653–4 years
3
Nematollah Nassiri
Nassiri, NematollahTimsar
Nematollah Nassiri
(1911–1979)		1965197812–13 years
4
Nasser Moghaddam
Moghaddam, NasserTimsar
Nasser Moghaddam
(1921–1979)		197819790–1 years
  • Second Bureau of Imperial Iranian Army
  • Prime Ministry Intelligence Office
  • Ministry of Intelligence (Iran)

References
  1. Andrew Scott Cooper,The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran Hardcover – July 19, 2016 ISBN 0805098976, p. 231
  2. Summary - U.S. Department of State - State Department

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