{"id":344979,"date":"2026-05-11T18:46:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T17:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=344979"},"modified":"2026-05-11T19:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:20:10","slug":"savak-march-rap-and-aggression-how-irans-monarchists-are-propping-up-a-dying-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/fake-opposition\/savak-march-rap-and-aggression-how-irans-monarchists-are-propping-up-a-dying-regime\/","title":{"rendered":"SAVAK March, Rap, and Aggression: How Iran\u2019s Monarchists Are Propping Up a Dying Regime"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iranian monarchist supporters in Regensburg, Germany, May 10, 2026, pose with oversized portraits of Reza Pahlavi (foreground) and the ousted Shah (held aloft), displaying SAVAK banners and emblem T-shirts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The terrorist regime in Iran is crumbling under the weight of economic collapse, military humiliation, and the edge of revolt by a population exhausted by nearly half a century of theocratic rule. Yet the regime\u2019s survival strategy has always relied on one quiet victory: convincing Iranians that the only alternative is worse. Into that vacuum step the monarchists \u2014 calling for a return to the former dictatorship and the tortures of SAVAK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The clearest evidence is not in clandestine networks or street confrontations inside Iran. It is in the open spectacle \u2014 and the most damning example comes first: this weekend in Germany, monarchist marchers paraded in SAVAK T-shirts, waving SAVAK emblems and flags, openly romanticizing the Shah-era security apparatus responsible for systematic torture and disappearances.<\/p>\n

Social-media timelines overflow with boasts about reinstating SAVAK and \u201cdealing with\u201d critics<\/a>. These are not mobilization tactics. They are Instagram cosplay \u2014 gestures that cost nothing in blood or risk but hand the regime ready-made footage to broadcast on state television: See? This is what waits for you if the Islamic Republic falls.<\/p>\n

The message lands with precision among a population that remembers the old dictatorship\u2019s brutality as vividly as the new one\u2019s.<\/p>\n

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Die Vertretung des Nationalen Widerstandsrates Iran in Deutschland NWRI verurteilt die Parade mit SAVAK-Symbolen in Regensburg aufs Sch\u00e4rfste, informiert die deutschen Beh\u00f6rden \u00fcber diese besch\u00e4menden und einsch\u00fcchternden Aktion und fordert entsprechende Gegenma\u00dfnahmen:\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/okkHrG2eR6<\/a><\/p>\n

— Masumeh Bolurchi (@MasumehBolurchi) May 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n