Introduction The study of modern authoritarian regimes invariably necessitates an examination of their internal security apparatuses. In the case of Iran under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (1941-1979), the Organization of National Intelligence and Security (SAVAK) served as the linchpin of the state’s coercive architecture. Historiography of the late Pahlavi period often treats SAVAK as a … Continue reading SAVAK and the Mechanisms of Authoritarian Consolidation in Pahlavi Iran, 1957-1979