Lieutenant general Zargham and Farah Diba visited an orphanage

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The “Immortals” were based in the Lavizan Barracks in northern capital. By 1978 this elite force comprised a brigade of 4,000-5,000 men, including a battalion of Chieftain tanks. It was responsible for the internal and external security of the royal palaces. A special plain-clothes unit was called Ma’mourin Makhsous.

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