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.
The Faravahar, or better known in Persian as fravahr, is one of the best-known symbols of ancient Iran (Persia) . This religious-cultural symbol was adapted by the Pahlavi dynasty to represent the Iranian nation.The winged discs has a long history in the art and culture of the ancient Near and Middle East.In Neo-Assyrian times, a human bust is added to the disk, the feather-robed archer interpreted as symbolizing Ashur.his religious-cultural symbol was adapted by the Pahlavi dynasty to represent the Iranian nation. The winged discs has a long history in the art and culture of the ancient Near and Middle East. In Neo-Assyrian times, a human bust is added to the disk, the feather-robed archer interpreted as symbolizing Ashur.