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Ministry of Intelligence (Iran)
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The Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the primary intelligence agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran and a member of the Iran Intelligence Community. It is also known as VAJA and previously as VEVAK or alternatively MOIS. It was initially known as SAVAMA, after it took over the Shah's intelligence apparatus SAVAK. The ministry is one of the three "sovereign" ministerial bodies of Iran due to nature of its work at home and abroad.
Image: Mohammad Reyshahri 13990315 0345837
Image: Mohammad Reyshahri 13990315 0345837
Image: Ali Fallahian in the Ministry of Interior
Image: Ali Fallahian in the Ministry of Interior
Image: قربانعلی دری نجف‌آبادی
Image: قربانعلی دری نجف‌آبادی
Image: Ali Younesi (cropped)
Image: Ali Younesi (cropped)
SAVAK
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SAVAK, an acronym of Sāzmān-e Ettelā'āt va Amniyat-e Keshvar, was the secret police of the Imperial State of Iran. It was established in Tehran in 1957 and continued to operate until the Islamic Revolution in 1979, when it was dissolved by Iranian prime minister Shapour Bakhtiar, who was assassinated by the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1991.
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Image: Temyourbachtiar
Image: General Hassan Pakravan in uniform
Image: General Hassan Pakravan in uniform
Image: Nematollah Nassiri
Image: Nematollah Nassiri
Image: Nasser Moghaddam
Image: Nasser Moghaddam