Sabeti was identified as second-in-command of Iran’s secret police, or SAVAK, which existed prior to the Islamic Revolution that saw the current regime take over and form a totalitarian government.

Sabeti in the 1970s served as the deputy head of SAVAK, the feared security and intelligence service of the last shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. RFE/RL’s Radio Farda has obtained a copy of ...