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Interview with Rashti, Mohammad Ali

Date

October, 1982

Location

Washington, D.C.

Interviewer

Nikzat, Behruz

Language

Persian

Abstract

Educational history and early career; recollections of Hasan Ali Mansur’s Progressive Circle; on the White Revolution; on the working of the Majles; continuity and change in parliamentary politics in Iran; reasons for creation of the Rastakhiz Party; recollections of Prime Minister Mosaddeq’s trip to the United Nations; recollections of service in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Transcripts

Mohammad-Ali-Rashti-APt-I Mohammad-Ali-Rashti-English

Contents

42pp. + summary + biographical note + index

About the interviewee

Rashti, Mohammad Ali

Majles Deputy, 1963-1975; General Consul in Hong Kong, 1975-1977; General Consul in Johannesburg and Ambassador to Swaziland and Lesotho, 1977-1979.