Nematollah Nassiri, the director of SAVAK

Defense

No information is available regarding General Nasiri's defense. Kayhan's report of the trial, which does not mention any statement by the defendant or the other officials tried that day, notes that the accused were "bombarded with thousands of questions." There were no defense witnesses. However, General Nasiri denied the charges brought against him in an interview with the Kayhan correspondent, which took place moments before his execution. He referred the journalist to SAVAK's (former regime's political police) archived documents that would prove his innocence.