Iran, 1953-1979: From the Shah to Islamic Revolution
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What Is Saafak?
In 1955, the person who is sent from the US to be kind of in charge of training Saafak personnel is General Norman Schwarzkopf. It's really not until about a decade later that Saafak starts training its own personnel. In 1959, the US Army sent another mission to the U- to Iran led by a less well known figure by the name of Colonel Charles McLean Peake. He was charged with reforming and training the Imperial Gendarmerie and also the Iranian National Police Force.
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