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Organisations of the Iranian Revolution

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The ' (), formally ' (), is a paramilitary volunteer militia within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and one of its five branches. An individual member is called basiji in the Persian language.

The Bureau for Intelligence and Security of the State (), shortened to SAVAK () or S.A.V.A.K. (), was the secret police of the Imperial State of Iran. It was established in Tehran in 1957 by national security law, and continued to operate until the Iranian Revolution in 1979, when it was dissolved by Iranian prime minister Shapour Bakhtiar.

Interim Government of Iran

government of Iran from February to November 1979

Fedayeen of Islam

Shia fundamentalist group/political party in Iran

Council of the Islamic Revolution

revolutionary group in the Iranian Revolution

Organization of Iranian Kurdistan Struggle

political party in Iran

Imperial Guard of Iran

Both personal guard force of Shah, and an elite combat branch of the Imperial Iranian Army

Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution

1979 constituent assembly in Iran

1976–1980 Iranian militant organisation

Islamic Development Organization

Democratic Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Arabistan

Arab nationalist militant group in Iran

Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution

Iranian government body for keeping Perso-Islamic culture and education

Leftist guerrilla groups of Iran

Marxist organization

Hezbollah of Iran

Iranian political and militant organization

National Resistance Movement of Iran

political party in Iran