After crafting quiet Florida life, Shah of Iran’s alleged ‘chief torturer’ must now face trial
Parviz Sabeti crafted an anonymous new life for his family – but now he faces a $225m lawsuit for atrocities committed in prisons in Tehran and elsewhereNeighbors in the upscale Florida community of Windermere know them as Peter and Nancy, the seemingly friendly retired couple they wave to on...
<p>Parviz Sabeti crafted an anonymous new life for his family – but now he faces a $225m lawsuit for atrocities committed in prisons in Tehran and elsewhere</p><p>Neighbors in the upscale Florida community of Windermere know them as Peter and Nancy, the seemingly friendly retired couple they wave to on morning walks, and who always appear to enjoy visits from their two high-flying grown daughters, one a respected professor of science at Harvard University.</p><p>Yet behind the high walls of their $3.6m lakefront mansion lies a darker, more closely guarded reality: “Peter” is actually Parviz Sabeti, the alleged head of secret police and chief torturer of the former Shah of Iran’s pre-revolutionary government, now facing a <a href="https://iranjusticecollective.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Complaint.pdf">$225m lawsuit</a> in Florida for atrocities committed in prisons in Tehran and elsewhere.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/parviz-sabeti-shah-iran-lawsuit">Continue reading...</a>
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