"Look at what SAVAK does to perceived 'enemies of the state'" your mom continues. "SAVAK is our National Intellegience and Security Organization. What is 'intelligent' and 'secure' about this?
This is the Iran we have under the Shah. Did you know we have the highest rate of death penalties in the world? And even for those who don't die...do they get something better when they meet up with SAVAK? They do this to Communists, who they call the 'Red Threat' and to religious dissidents who they call the 'Black Threat.'
Do you see what they do to get "answers" and eliminate opposition, she asks?