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Yeganeh, Naser

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:06:12 +0000

Recollections of childhood and education in Europe and America; on the history, structure and mode of operation of the judiciary in Iran; working of the Ministry of Justice in Iran; place of religion in Iran’s legal code; role of the judiciary in the operation of the government; issue of women’s rights and the reaction of the judiciary to it; on the Family Protection Law and its implementation; observations on the White Revolution; on the Shah, his powers and his leadership style; on the workings of the cabinet; impact of the events of 1953 on later political decisions; on the causes of the Revolution; attitude of the Islamic Republic toward the judiciary; personal experiences with the Islamic Republic and the revolutionary courts.

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Valiyan, Abdol-Azim

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:06:12 +0000

Educational background and early career; recollections of intelligence gathering activities and analysis in the military; reminiscences of service under General Riyahi; recollections of activities as the Director of the Land Reform Organization; interaction of various government agencies over the land reform issue; on the implementation of the land reform program; creation of a Land Reform Ministry and management of the land reform program; recollections of the meetings of the High Economic Council; impressions of the Shah and his leadership style; tenure as Governor of Khorasan.

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Tufaniyan, General Hasan

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:06:12 +0000

Recollections of childhood in Iran; on conditions in Iran during the early Pahlavi period; Iranian armed forces and the occupation of Iran during WWII; history of Imperial Iranian Air Force; reminiscences of the leading Iranian military leaders; on the Shah and his leadership style; structure and mode of organization of the Iranian armed forces; Iran’s military relations with Pakistan; recollections of Iran’s various arms procurement deals; military’s procedures for acquiring new arms and equipment; myth and reality of personal profit making in arms deals; Shah’s reaction to the revolutionary upheaval; on the attempts of military commanders to compel the Shah to decisive action against revolutionary forces; Shah’s indecision before the revolutionary onslaught; on the Iranian military’s arms production and its contribution to the development of an industrial complex.

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Shahmirzadi, Hasan

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:06:36 +0000

Education and family background; joining Point IV; background and development of public administration as concept and process in Point Four; relations with prime minister’s office and various ministries; personality and role of Ashraf Ahmadi as Deputy Prime Minister for Administrative Reorganization; changes in the roles of the Point Four Iranian and American personnel over time; on Iranians in Point Four Program as future leaders in development; on Iran-e No group in the 1950s–membership, future and political evolution; Jamshid Amuzegar, Abdorreza Ansari, Khalil Taleqani as intellectual leaders of development ideology in Iran-e No group; Jamshid Amuzegar as Minister of Agriculture; on the background of the Khuzestan Water and Power Authority (KWPA); role of David Lillienthal and the Development and Resources Corporation in setting up KWPA; IBRD’s conditions for extending $42 million loan to Iran; developing KWPA’s organizational structure and personnel and budget policies; leadership and esprit de corp in KWPA; relations with local governmental units; dealing with the newly established Ministry of Water and Power on policy and problems of turf; Mansur Rowhani as Minister of Water and Power; politics of accommodating central ministries; Shah’s interest and role in the development of Khuzestan; policy of training Iranian cadres to replace foreign experts; relations with the Plan and Budget Organization under different Directors–Abolhasan Ebtehaj, Khosrow Hedayat, Ahmad Aramesh, Safi Asfiya; on Abdorreza Ansari as Managing Director of KWPA and Minister of Interior; on relations with Ahmad Ahmadi as colleague; Abdorreza Ansari at the Ministry of Interior–policies and management techniques; on setting up model city government–councils, managers and mayors; on reasons for leaving public service; on Pars Paper Corporation; on working with Princess Ashraf as managing director of Khezer Shahr Development Project.

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Sepehri, Hosein

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:06:36 +0000

Educational background; employment at the Plan and Budget Organization; recollections of Abol-Hasan Ebtehaj at the Organization; agricultural planning at the Organization; agricultural development plans at regional levels; on Seyyed Jalal Tehrani’s opposition to land reform; assessment of the effects of the land reform of 1963; on the working of the High Economic Council; on the rivalry between various governmental organizations for funds and resources; pattern of change in development funding and projects from the 1960s onwards; relations between the Shah and cabinet ministers; balance-sheet of agricultural development planning; recollections of Mansur Rowhani.

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Samii, Abdol-Hosein

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:06:36 +0000

Family and educational background; recollections of student years in New York and meeting with Mohammad Mosaddeq; Mosaddeq’s medical check-up and the physicians’ prognosis; recollections of Prime Minister Hasan Ali Mansur and his efforts at reorienting Iranian politics; higher education planning in Iran and attempts at reversing the brain drain; Shah’s interest in creating modern medical facilities in the country; on the various influences on the Shah’s decision-making; recollections of Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveyda; on Queen Farah, her social activities and her influence on the Shah; assessment of the Ramsar Educational Conferences.

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Rambod, Holaku

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:06:36 +0000

Family background and educational history; on the characteristics of his constituency; recollections of the Majles and its operating procedures; role of the Mardom Party in the Majles; relations between the government and the Majles; confrontations between the Mardom Party and the Hoveyda government; assessment of the Hoveyda premiership; on the leadership in SAVAK; on the events of 1953; recollections of General Qarane’i; recollections of the Rastakhiz Party and the operations of the Majles under the aegis of that Party.

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Raji, Parviz

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:02 +0000

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.

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Qadar, General Mansur

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:02 +0000

Beginning service in the military; recollections of General Qarane’i; recollections of ambassadorship to Jordan and King Hussein’s drive against the Palestinians in 1970; on General Hosein Fardust and his personal characteristics; on General Teymur Bakhtiyar and his political objectives; on the rivalry between Generals Hosein Fardust and Naser Moqaddam; on SAVAK’s possible disloyalty to the Shah in the late 1970s; recollection of the arrest of Iranian revolutionary leaders in Lebanon and SAVAK’s intentional mishandling of the situation; on SAVAK under Generals Hasan Pakravan and Ne`matollah Nasiri; Iran’s regional policy; recollections of Imam Musa Sadr and Mustafa Chamran; on Syria’s message to the Shah regarding the death of Imam Musa Sadr; relations between Imam Musa and the Iranian government; Iran’s relations with Israel and the reaction of Arab governments to it; on the mode of operation of the opposition to the Shah, and SAVAK’s intentional inaction in the face of mounting opposition.

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Pahlbod, Mehrdad

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:02 +0000

Family and educational history; early career at the Ministry of Culture and Arts; aims and operations of the Ministry in the 1950s and the 1960s; reviving traditional Persian music; operations of the Institute of Fine Arts; rivalry within the Ministry of Information and Tourism; creation and management of Rudaki Hall; film production at the Ministry; Shah’s views on the Mansur government; Queen Farah’s cultural activities; National Iranian Radio and Television Organization and propagation of Persian culture; attempts at the Ministry to promote archaeological activities and restoring historical sites; on the Academy of Language; Ministry’s role in promoting festivals and official events; on censorship and the development of the film industry in Iran; impact of leftist propaganda on the Ministry’s activities; recollections of the Shah’s Coronation and Twenty Five Hundred Years of Monarchy Celebrations.

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