Sha'baan Ja'fari

"Shah Pahlavi, Sha'baan Ja'fari and SAVAK take over to terrorize citizens and protect capitalist oil interests. But was that their only motive?"

―Cluster #5

Sha'baan Ja'fari and his followers

Sha'baan Ja'fari (1921 – 19 August 2006) was an Iranian strongman and athlete. He led his men against opponents of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, most notably during the 1953 coup d'état orchestrated by the Central Intelligence Agency. He was an agent sent by Abstergo Industries to Iran to help the Shah take absolute power.

References

• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood