2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire

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Security was a major concern. Persepolis was a favoured site for the festivities as it was isolated and thus could be tightly guarded, a very important consideration when many of the world’s leaders were gathered there. homeland’s security services, SAVAK, captured and took into “preventive custody” anyone that it suspected to be a potential threat.

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