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'''SAVAK''', or the country's intelligence and security organization, was the name of the repression apparatus of Mohammad Reza Shah's regime, which was considered the most efficient pillar of his support. The repression apparatus had four main components: SAVAK, police, gendarmerie, and armed forces. | |||
This organization enabled the government to weaken opposition political organizations and by creating an atmosphere of fear that prevented many Iranians from participating in political activities. SAVAK was by far the most important and efficient part of the repression apparatus and its personnel at the beginning had been mainly formed by the armed forces and the police. | |||
By torturing and executing the Shah's opponents and creating an atmosphere of fear and intimidation among the opponents, SAVAK created a very tyrannical image of itself. The first goal of the Shah in establishing SAVAK was to create an effective modern intelligence system that is able to identify internal and external threats against his rule and Fight with them. The Savak bill was approved by the Senate on Jan 30, 1957, and on March 14,1957 the National Assembly, without debate or opposition, approved the law of the formation of Savak, which was approved by the Senate. | |||
SAVAK, which became world-famous for its famous violence and tortures from the very beginning of its establishment, had a close relationship with the Intelligence Service, CIA and Mossad; And its organizational and administrative structure was also taken from them and the US Internal Security Organization (FBI). | |||
SAVAK was in charge of both intelligence (external) and security (internal) tasks and was a combination of CIA and F. B.I. America, England and Israel played a basic role in the organization, training and equipping of SAVAK from the beginning of its formation, and in fact, they turned this organization into one of the main tools of continuing the Shah's regime's dependence on the West. | |||
== The Formation of SAVAK == | == The Formation of SAVAK == | ||