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Moayyed-Sabeti, Parvin

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:25 +0000

Family background and upbringing; first involvements with charity work; recollections of the status of women in Mashhad in the 1930s; on the resistance to the abrogation of veiling in 1936; beginnings of women’s rights movements in Iran; recollections of Princess Ashraf; political activities of Iranian women; reminiscences of the working of Women’s Organization of Iran; on the change of attitudes towards women in the late 1970s; activities with Iranian youth; on Prime Minister Hoveyda’s projects for the youth and their balance-sheets; preparations for the Asian Games of 1974; on the construction of the Olympic Village; on the construction industry in Iran; recollections of Prime Minister Hoveyda; experiences with the Revolution; life in exile.

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Jandaqi, Mozaffar

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:08:15 +0000

Reminiscences of childhood in Kerman; cultural features and socioeconomic conditions of Kerman; association with the National Front; on the organization of the Tudeh Party at Tehran University; recollections of Mohammad Mosaddeq and Mozaffar Baqa’i-Kermani; on private contracting in Iran in the 1970s; on agriculture in Iran following the White Revolution; recollections of General Zargham; membership in Iran Novin and Rastakhiz parties; workings of the Majles; on the Revolution of 1978-79.

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Jafrudi, Kazem

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:08:15 +0000

Recollections of childhood, education history, and early career; recollections of Iran during the Reza Shah period; trials and tribulations of early political career; recollections of trial and imprisonment for political activities; on Iranian politics during the Pahlavi era; memories of Tehran University; evolution of academic standards at the University; on the Tudeh Party and its activities; on the gradual politicization of Tehran University; recollection of various chancellors of the University; reasons for growth of dissent in university campuses in Iran; balance-sheet of higher education planning in Iran; on meetings with various political leaders in 1978-79; on the working of Ministry of Science and Higher Education; recollections of employment at the Central Bank of Iran; on construction contracting in Iran; on the pattern of city planning and development in Iran; policy-making in the National Front in 1978-79; beginnings of the National Front; recollections of the Shah, Mosaddeq and other Iranian political leaders; membership in the Mardom Party; recollections of the Majles; on the meetings between army commanders and opposition leaders in 1979 prior to the Revolution; on the Bakhtiyar premiership; National Front and the Revolution; on General Naser Moqaddam; on General Abbas Qarabaghi and the decision to neutralize the armed forces; role of Mehdi Bazargan in shaping the course of events; recollections of Ayatollah Beheshti and his relations with the National Front; recollections of events following the Iranian Revolution and reminiscences of hiding, incarceration, and subsequent escape from Iran; National Front activities after the Revolution.

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