Ernest Perron (June 29, 1908 – 1961) was a Swiss man who served as the best friend, private secretary and closest advisor to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , a man of considerable behind-the-scenes power in homeland.
Hossein Fardoust (1917 – 18 May 1987) was a childhood friend of the last Shah of homeland, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and served for ten years as deputy head of SAVAK, the powerful persian intelligence agency.