{"id":302336,"date":"2023-02-21T01:31:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T00:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=302336"},"modified":"2026-02-24T12:52:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T11:52:41","slug":"iran-revolutions-persistence-brings-a-criminal-parviz-sabeti-to-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/fake-opposition\/iran-revolutions-persistence-brings-a-criminal-parviz-sabeti-to-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Revolution\u2019s Persistence Brings a Criminal, Parviz Sabeti, to Spotlight\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Iran\u2019s ongoing nationwide uprising<\/a> has demonstrated the perspective of a bright future of freedom and democracy. Seeing their demise on the horizon, Iran\u2019s ruling clerics cling to anything, like a drowning man, to save their grip on power.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This includes the widespread campaign of whitewashing the deposed monarchy and its criminals. Hence, the revolution in the making has brought some of these criminals to the spotlight<\/a>, including Parviz Sabeti.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Iranian people have demonstrated their will to achieve a democracy after over a century of dictatorship by chanting the slogan \u201cDown with the oppressor, be it Shah or [Supreme] Leader.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet, in a bid to detract the uprising from its main course, Tehran and some other beneficiaries have been trying to resuscitate the Pahlavi dictatorship by promoting Shah\u2019s son, Reza Pahlavi, in rather perverted ways.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On February 11, after a pathetic campaign of deceit to gather Iranians in Los Angeles, including many who oppose the return of the monarchy, a pro-Pahlavi protest was formed. This protest was organized by an organization known as the \u201cLA Protests,\u201d which described itself as an organizer without any political affiliation to any movement. Therefore, Iranians agreed to participate in this demonstration which was supposed to be in solidarity with the Iranian people on the anniversary of the 1979 anti-monarchial revolution.<\/a> But as soon as the crowd gathered, the organization dedicated the podium to Pahlavi\u2019s supporters while showing large banners of Reza Pahlavi and his ousted Father. As a result, many Iranians left this demonstration.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Parviz Sabeti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sabeti, a notorious torturer and head of the third division of Shah\u2019s SAVAK security apparatus, was pictured after decades of being in the shadows. His presence also prompted the monarchists to speak of \u201creviving\u201d the notorious SAVAK. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This pathetic movement and calls for resuscitating a murderous organization, with Sabeti as its figure, was once again reiterated by Pahlavi\u2019s supporters in a protest they held simultaneous with the Munich Security Conference on February 19.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The remnants of the deposed former dictator of Iran carried a large picture of Sabeti<\/a>. Atop the poster of Sabeti was written, \u201cNightmare of future terrorists,\u201d referencing Sabeti\u2019s statement in 1978 that SAVAK should not be dissolved; otherwise, there would be havoc in the country.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Sabeti<\/p>\n

The Intelligence and Security Organization of the Country, AKA by its Persian abbreviation of SAVAK, was founded on March 20, 1957, as Shah\u2019s secret police. SAVAK was Shah\u2019s security \u201cachievement\u201d following the 1953 coup against the nationalist government of Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh. While torture, oppression, and secret police were commonplace before SAVAK\u2019s creation, even under Shah\u2019s father, Reza Khan, the emergence of SAVAK institutionalized and organized torture and oppression in Iran.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On October 22, 1976, Mike Wallace, then the host of the CBS 60 Minutes program, <\/span>interviewed<\/span><\/a> Shah, asking questions about SAVAK. Shah admitted that his secret police were spying on Iranian students abroad.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWallace: We turned to the Shah’s<\/a> secret police force, his F.B.I. and C.I.A. combined. They are called SAVAK, and they have a reputation for brutality. He acknowledged that he has SAVAK agents on duty in the United States. And they are there for the purpose of checking up on Iranian students?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Shah of Iran and SAVAK (1976) | 60 Minutes Archive<\/div><\/div>
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