Florida Judge Denies Summary Judgment in $225 Million Torture Suit Against Alleged Savak Chief

U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell denied Parviz Sabeti's request for summary judgment, allowing a $225 million lawsuit to proceed in Florida. Three former Iranian political prisoners accuse Sabeti, alleged former head of the shah's Savak secret police, of torture in Tehran prisons under the Torture Victim Protection Act. Sabeti denies personal involvement in torture.