Okolnosti a příčiny vzniku tajné služby SAVAK

• Authors: Jan Klik

Title variants

EN

Circumstances and causes for the establishment of the SAVAK secret service

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This paper aims to illuminate the foreign policy and internal security context which contributed to the decision to establish an intelligence service and a secret police, both included in one all-embracing organization, SAVAK. The paper takes into account the influence of foreign policy actors, especially the United States of America, on the strengthening of Iran’s armed forces capabilities, especially with regard to the specific needs arising from the context of the Cold War in the 1950s. To understand the situation in which Iran found itself in the middle of the 20th century, it is also necessary to provide a brief outline of the development of the security and, in particular, intelligence apparatus in Iran in previous periods.

Keywords

EN

Iran; security policy; intelligence service; secret police; SAVAK

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Moderní dějiny: sborník k dějinám 19. a 20. století (Modern History: Studies into 19th and 20th century history)
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 67-102
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Jan Klik

• Moderní dějiny, redakce, Historický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Prosecká 76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic