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Interview with Raji, Parviz

Date

April 9 and 10, 1986

Location

London, England

Interviewer

Assar (Guppy), Shusha

Language

English

Abstract

Recollections of childhood and early career; reminiscences of employment at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; on the working of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Abbas Aram as Minister of Foreign Affairs; on Prime Minister Hoveyda and his personal traits; relations between the Shah and Hoveyda; Hoveyda’s views on political change in Iran; recollections of Princess Ashraf; on Princess Ashraf’s trip to China and early contacts between Tehran and Beijing; on Anglo-Iranian relations in the late-1970s; on the Shah’s sensitivity to British criticism; on the roots of the Revolution of 1978-79.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Transcripts

Parviz-Raji- pdf

Contents

71pp. + biographical note + index

About the interviewee

Raji, Parviz

Director of Prime Minister Hoveyda’s Office, 1965-1970; Advisor to Princess Ashraf, 1970-1976; Ambassador to Great Britain, 1976-1979.