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| agency_name     = Sazeman-e Ettela'at va Amniyat-e Keshvar (SAVAK)
| nativename_a    = سازمان اطلاعات و امنیت کشور
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| formed          = {{Start date|1957|03|20|df=yes}}
| preceding1      = 
| dissolved       = {{end date|1979|02|12}}
| superseding     = [[Prime Ministry Intelligence Office]]
| jurisdiction    = 
| headquarters    = [[Tehran]]
| employees       = 5,000 at peak<ref>Andrew Scott Cooper,The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran Hardcover – July 19, 2016 {{ISBN|0805098976}}, p. 231</ref>
| minister1_name  = 
| minister1_pfo   = 
| chief1_name     = [[Teymur Bakhtiar]] (first)
| chief1_position = 
| chief2_name     = [[Nasser Moghaddam]] (last)
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'''SAVAK''' ({{lang-fa|ساواک}}, abbreviation for {{lang|fa|سازمان اطلاعات و امنیت کشور}} ''Sâzemân-e Ettelâ'ât va Amniat-e Kešvar'', {{lit.|"Intelligence and Security Organization of the Country"}})<ref>[https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/nixon/e4/72108.htm Summary - U.S. Department of State - State Department]</ref> was the [[secret police]], domestic security and [[intelligence service]] in [[Iran]] during the reign of the [[Pahlavi dynasty]]. 

== Directors ==
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| showimage          = y
| image_title        = Portrait
| officeholder_title = Director
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| showparty          = n
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{{Officeholder table
| order             = 1
| image             = Temyourbachtiar.jpg
| military_rank     = [[Amir (Iranian Army)|Timsar]]
| officeholder      = [[Teymur Bakhtiar]]
| officeholder_sort = Bakhtiar, Teymur
| born_year         = 1914
| died_year         = 1970
| term_start        = 1957
| term_end          = 1961
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| order             = 2
| image             = General Hassan Pakravan in uniform.jpg
| military_rank     = Timsar
| officeholder      = [[Hassan Pakravan]]
| officeholder_sort = Pakravan, Hassan
| born_year         = 1911
| died_year         = 1979
| term_start        = 1961
| term_end          = 1965
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years|1961|1965}} years
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{{Officeholder table
| order             = 3
| image             = Nematollah Nassiri.jpg
| military_rank     = Timsar
| officeholder      = [[Nematollah Nassiri]]
| officeholder_sort = Nassiri, Nematollah
| born_year         = 1911
| died_year         = 1979
| term_start        = 1965
| term_end          = 1978
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years|1965|1978}} years
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| order             = 4
| image             = NasserMoghaddam.jpg
| military_rank     = Timsar
| officeholder      = [[Nasser Moghaddam]]
| officeholder_sort = Moghaddam, Nasser
| born_year         = 1921
| died_year         = 1979
| term_start        = 1978
| term_end          = 1979
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years|1978|1979}} years
}}
{{Officeholder table end}}

==Related pages==

*[[Second Bureau of Imperial Iranian Army]]
*[[Prime Ministry Intelligence Office]]
*[[Ministry of Intelligence (Iran)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Other websites==
{{commons category|SAVAK}}
*[https://fas.org/irp/world/iran/vevak/ Ministry of Intelligence and Security VEVAK – Iran Intelligence Agencies] at website of Federation of American Scientists

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