SAVAK was a terrorist organization that later served the Islamic Republic.

 

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 SAVAK was a terrorist organization that later served the Islamic Republic.
SAVAK was established in 1956 as the country's security and intelligence organization within the Pahlavi regime.

 

 

 This organization, which was formed with the model of modern intelligence services and within the framework of the geopolitical relations of that era, had 11 general departments and was practically considered the main pillar of the government's security apparatus.

After the Iranian Revolution of 1979, it was expected that the country's security structure would be fundamentally transformed, but in practice many of the previous institutional mechanisms and organizational methods continued. Only one of the general departments was eliminated and at the level of name and title, this organization was changed to the "Ministry of Intelligence"; while an important part of its structural body and bureaucratic experience continued in a new form.

At the same time, Ruhollah Khomeini did not fully trust the security and military structures that emerged from the previous era. Therefore, by establishing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, he tried to create an ideological force loyal to the revolutionary discourse. Later, parallel intelligence networks were formed within the Corps, and the “Corps Intelligence” emerged as an institution separate from the official structure of the Ministry of Intelligence. This process effectively led to the creation of two security systems in the Islamic Republic: one based on the classical state intelligence apparatus and the other based on the revolutionary and ideological structure of the Corps.

Currently, the root of all internal power competitions and tensions in Iran lies in the intellectual and ideological differences between these two populist structures. On the one hand, a body of security and military forces that inherit fascist models, freemasonry in the form of Persian-centered nationalism, and on the other, currents that rely on the populist Shiite discourse and apocalyptic readings of regional politics.

In this context, the developments and tensions within the power structure in Iran are a reflection of the conflict between two ideological readings of the Shi'a ideology; a conflict whose effects can be seen in the political, security, and even violent events. From this perspective, understanding the nature and logic of these two intellectual axes in Iran and its surrounding environment can help to provide a deeper understanding of many of the conflicts and crises that have arisen in the Middle East, as well as the wars and conflicts that are currently taking place in this region.