The word âHolocaustâ originates from the Greek term holokauston. The word is broken up into two roots: holos, meaning whole, and kaustos, meaning burn. The word etymologically transcended via late Latin, into Old French (holocauste), and eventuall...
The Islamic Republic of Iran changed SAVAK to SAVAMA. It was run after the revolution, according to U.S. sources and Iranian exile sources in the US and in Paris, by Gen. Hossein Fardoust, who was deputy chief of SAVAK under the former Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and a friend from boyhood of the deposed monarch.
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi held several titles: His Imperial Majesty, Shahanshah (King of Kings, Emperor), Aryamehr (Light of the Aryans) and Bozorg ArteshtÄrÄn (Head of the Warriors). Pahlavi came to power during World War II after an Anglo-Soviet invasion forced the abdication of his father Reza Shah.His rule oversaw the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry under the prime minister of Mohammad Mosaddegh.ohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi held several titles: His Imperial Majesty, Shahanshah (King of Kings, Emperor), Aryamehr (Light of the Aryans) and Bozorg ArteshtÄrÄn (Head of the Warriors). Pahlavi came to power during World War II after an Anglo-Soviet invasion forced the abdication of his father Reza Shah.