The Shah's brutal secret police force
- From: "Salah Jafar" <codeman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:16:35 GMT
The Shah's brutal secret police force, Savak, formed under the guidance of
CIA (the United States Central Intelligence Agency) in 1957 and personnel
trained by Mossad (Israel's secret service), to directly control all facets
of political life in Iran. Its main task was to suppress opposition to the
Shah's government and keep the people's political and social knowledge as
minimal as possible. Savak was notorious throughout Iran for its brutal
methods. The interrogation office was established with no limit of using
horrific torture tools and techniques to break the arrested dissenters to
talk in a matter of hours. The censorship office was established to monitor
journalists, literary figures and academics throughout the country. It took
appropriate measures against those who fell out of the regime's line.
Universities, labor unions and peasant organizations, amongst others, were
all subjected to intense surveillance by the Savak agents and paid
informants. The agency was also active abroad, especially in monitoring
Iranian students who publicly opposed the Shah's government. Interrogation,
torture and long term imprisonment by Savak for reading or possessing any
forbidden books. The prohibited books were removed from the book-stores and
libraries; even the Tozih-ol-Masael written by Ayatollah Rouhollah Khomeini
was forbidden. Over the years, Savak became a law unto itself, having legal
authority to arrest, detain, brutally interrogate and torture suspected
people indefinitely. Savak operated its own prisons in Tehran, such as
Qezel-Qalaeh and Evin facilities and many suspected places throughout the
country as well. Many of those activities were carried out without any
institutional checks. The monarchy was toppled in Iran on February 11th,
1979 (22nd day of Bahman 1357, Persian calendar). The Savak dissolved and
then the Iranian people along with the political prisoners tasted the
blossoms of freedom (Bahar-e Azadi) for a few months. The banned and
forbidden newspapers, magazines and books started republishing until the
religious dictatorship took place then Savama was created that resembled
Savak in different forms of oppression.
Salah Jafar
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