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Teymur Bakhtiar
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<p>Teymur Bakhtiar was an Iranian military officer and intelligence chief who was the founder and head of <a href="/facts/SAVAK/7An0zo25">SAVAK</a> from 1956 to 1961 when he was dismissed by <a href="/facts/Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi/r2bcadLc">Mohammad Reza Pahlavi</a>. In 1970, he was <a href="/facts/List_of_Iranian_assassinations/hflnrJl7">assassinated</a> by SAVAK agents in Iraq. </p><p>He was an <a href="/facts/Asset_(intelligence)/Jv7TArfz">asset</a> in the <a href="/facts/British_military_network_in_Iran/bKMFsmHq">British military network in Iran</a>. </p>