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  "textContent": "The public revival of symbols associated with Iran’s former secret police is not merely political nostalgia — it reflects the normalization of authoritarian violence under a different banner In the quiet streets of Germany, where the memory of dictatorship and war still lingers in the political consciousness of Europe, a dark name has begun to […]\n\nThe post The Return of SAVAK’s Shadows: Why Romanticizing Repression Endangers Freedom appeared first on Iran News Update.",
  "title": "The Return of SAVAK’s Shadows: Why Romanticizing Repression Endangers Freedom"
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