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Interview with Assar, Nasir

Date

December 2, 1982

Location

Washington, D.C.

Interviewer

Aqevil, Ardeshir

Language

Persian

Abstract

Structure and history of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; on relations between Iran and Turkey; structure and operations of CENTO; recollections of the roles of Hosein Ala and Ahmad Qavam in the Azarbayjan Crisis; relations between Iran and Iraq and the Algiers Accords of 1975; Soviet Union’s position on CENTO; relations between CENTO and Israel; structure and operations of the Endowments Organization; on the causes of the Revolution of 1978-79.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Transcripts

Nasir-Assar-I- pdf Nasir-Assar-II- pdf Nasir-Assar-English- pdf

Contents

73pp. + summary + biographical note + index + photograph

About the interviewee

Assar, Nasir

Deputy Prime Minister and Director of the Endowments Organization, 1962-1972; Director of CENTO, 197