 Oan was 27 and from Khūzestān ; he had studied at the University of Tehran , where he became politically active . He had been imprisoned by SAVAK , the Shah 's secret police , and bore scars which he said were from torture in SAVAK custody . The other members of his group were Shakir Abdullah Radhil , known as " Faisal " , Oan 's second @-@ in @-@ command who also claimed to have been tortured by SAVAK ; Shakir Sultan Said , or " Hassan " ; Themir Moammed Hussein , or Abbas ; Fowzi Badavi Nejad , or " Ali " ; and Makki Hanoun Ali , the youngest of the group , who went by the name of " Makki " . 
