Abstract

Recollections of work on rural development projects; activities of the Near East Foundation and the Ministry of Agriculture; women and religion in the rural areas; formation of the Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Affairs, and its structure and functions; importance of the Rural Cultural Houses; migration to the urban areas and small industrial projects in the rural areas; recollections of the activities of the Women’s Organization of Iran (WOI); structure and activities of WOI; WOI and the Revolution of 1978-79; recollections of the Revolution.