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Interview with Gorgin, Iraj

Date

April 20, 1985

Location

Los Angeles, California

Interviewer

Afkhami, Mahnaz

Language

Persian

Abstract

Recollections of childhood; educational background; reminiscences of political activism among Iranian youth in the 1950s; youth and the prevailing intellectual climate; participating in the events of 1953; joining the Tudeh Party; recollections of the Tudeh Party’s mode of operation; Tudeh Party’s cultural activities; recollections of National Iranian Radio and Television Organization (NIRT); confrontations between NIRT and SAVAK; NIRT’s structure, agenda, and balance-sheet; programming policy at NIRT; personal impressions of the Shah; recollections of the Revolution of 1978-79; on the Revolution’s effect on NIRT.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Transcripts

Iraj-Gorgin-APt-I_0 Iraj-Gorgin-English_0

Contents

41pp. + summary + biographical note + index + photo

About the interviewee

Gorgin, Iraj

Journalist; Director of News Division of National Iranian Radio and Television Organization (NIRT) 1971-1975; Director of NIRT Network II, 1975-1979; Foundar and Director of Radio Omid.