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Interview with Moayyed-Sabeti, Ali

Date

August 21, 1983

Location

Nice, France

Interviewer

Zabih, Sepehr

Language

Persian

Abstract

Recollections of the Majles years; reminiscences of Reza Shah and his leadership style; Reza Shah’s policy towards religion; on the Masjed-e Gowharshad incident; on British machinations in Iranian politics; on Mosaddeq’s recollection of clashes between Reza Shah and the British; Soviet pressures on Iran during WWII; Prime Minister Qavam and the Azarbayjan Crisis; recollections of the Mosaddeq movement and the events of 1953; two elegies for Iran.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Transcripts

Ali-Moayyed-Sabeti-APt-I Ali-Moayyed-Sabeti-English

Contents

16pp. + summary + biographical note + index

About the interviewee

Moayyed-Sabeti, Ali

Writer and Poet; Majles Deputy, 1934-1949; Senator, 1950-1967; Founder and Director of the Khorasan-Sabet Sugar Industries.