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 RezÄ Pahlaviâ, pronounced [mohÃ¦mËmÃ¦d reËzÉË ËÊÉËh pÃ¦hlÃ¦ËviË]; 26 October 1919 â 27 July 1980), known as Mohammad Reza Shah (Persian: ÙØ­ÙØ¯Ø±Ø¶Ø§ Ø´Ø§Ùâ, translit. Mohammad RezÄ Å Ähâ), was the Shah of Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979. Mohammad Reza Shah took the title ShÄhanshÄh (Emperor or King of Kings) on 26 October 1967. He was the second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi of the Iranian monarchy.