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"... Israeli interests in non-Arab Iran became prominent as early as the 1 950s, when Mossad, Israel's foreign intelligence agency, cooperated with the CIA in establishing the Shah's secret police, SAVAK. A 1979 CIA report on Mossad notes that:
'The main purpose of the Israeli relationship with Iran was the development of a pro-Israel and anti-Arab policy on the part of Iranian officials. Mossad has engaged in joint operations with SAVAK over the years since the late 1950s. Mossad aided SAVAK activities and supported the Kurds in Iraq. The Israelis also regularly transmitted to the Iranians intelligence reports on Egypt's activities in the Arab countries, trends and developments in Iraq, and Communist activities affecting Iran.'"
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The rest of a short excerpt. Evidently when SAVAK was 'extraordinarily rendering' some young Iranian student who'd made nasty comments about the Shah, there was occasionally either a Mossad or CIA guy present. Personally I try not to armchair quarterback the Israeli and American intelligence services, undoubtedly this seemed like a better idea at the time than it does today. But it seems to me that it helps explain their attitudes with something more believable than 'they hate our freedoms.'
The rest of a short excerpt. Evidently when SAVAK was 'extraordinarily rendering' some young Iranian student who'd made nasty comments about the Shah, there was occasionally either a Mossad or CIA guy present. Personally I try not to armchair quarterback the Israeli and American intelligence services, undoubtedly this seemed like a better idea at the time than it does today. But it seems to me that it helps explain their attitudes with something more believable than 'they hate our freedoms.'
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