Nematollah Nassiri, the director of SAVAK

"I began to try the culprits soon after my nomination. The first people I tried and punished for their deeds were Nematollah Nasiri, head of SAVAK, and .... I sentenced them to death. ... All the people who were sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Tribunals were the best examples of 'corruptor on earth' and they were executed as such."