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'''SAVAK''', the '''Organization of Intelligence and National Security''' (Persian: ''سازمان اطلاعات و امنیت کشور'') was a secret police and intelligence service founded by [[Iran]]'s king, [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi|Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], in 1957, along with the help of the [[United States]]' [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] and the United Nations.
'''SAVAK''', the '''Organization of Intelligence and National Security''', was a secret police and intelligence service founded by [[Iran]]'s king, [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi|Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], in 1957, along with the help of the [[United States]]' [[Central Intelligence Agency]], through [[Abstergo Industries]].


At its peak period, SAVAK had nearly 60,000 agents, although more conservative estimates placed the number of agents at around 4,000-6,000 members. The organization has been described as Iran's "most hated and feared institution", due to its practice of torturing and executing opponents of the Pahlavi regime. After the {{Wiki|Iranian Revolution|Iranian Revolution of 1979}}, the group was disbanded and all its directors were executed.
At its peak period, SAVAK had nearly 60,000 agents, although more conservative estimates placed the number of agents at around 4,000-6,000 members. The organization has been described as Iran's "most hated and feared institution", due to its practice of torturing and executing opponents of the Pahlavi regime. After the {{Wiki|Iranian Revolution|Iranian Revolution of 1979}}, the group was disbanded and all its directors were executed.
In one of the rifts he programmed into the [[Animus]], [[Clay Kaczmarek]] revealed to [[Desmond Miles]] and the other [[Assassins]] that the group's foundation was puppeteered by [[Abstergo Industries]] and the [[Templars|Templar Order]], in order to terrorize citizens and protect [[Capitalism|capitalist]] oil interests in Iran.


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Revision as of 00:15, 27 July 2014


SAVAK, the Organization of Intelligence and National Security, was a secret police and intelligence service founded by Iran's king, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in 1957, along with the help of the United States' Central Intelligence Agency, through Abstergo Industries.

At its peak period, SAVAK had nearly 60,000 agents, although more conservative estimates placed the number of agents at around 4,000-6,000 members. The organization has been described as Iran's "most hated and feared institution", due to its practice of torturing and executing opponents of the Pahlavi regime. After the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the group was disbanded and all its directors were executed.

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