Economic and Social Development Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies

Zolfaqari, Naser

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

Educational and family background; early career in the government; career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; on the Tudeh Party, its activities, and government reaction to it; recollections of the occupation of Iran during WWII; on brother Mahmud Zolfaqari’s armed struggle against “Ferqeh-e Demokrat” in Zanjan; Razmara government and the nationalization of oil industry; on the negotiations over nationalization of oil; recollections of Mosaddeq, the National Front and the events of 1953; political opinions of the National Front leadership in the 1950s; on the relations between the Shah, Ahmad Qavam, Mohammad Mosaddeq and Ali Amini; on Fereydun Keshavarz’s differences with the Tudeh Party; Soviet intrigues in Iran, and the activities of the Tudeh Party; recollections of armed conflicts between the Tudeh Party and government forces; relations between the armed forces and tribal groups in the post-war years; recollections of tenure of office as Mayor of Tehran; working of Tehran’s governmental structure; ministerial position in Amini’s cabinet; recollections of the Amini government and the White Revolution; on Iranian politics and its major actors following the events of 1953; reminiscences of the premiership of Hosein Ala’; on the development of radio and other communication facilities in Iran; recollections of various Iranian political leaders; on the formation of SAVAK; recollections of SAVAK’s earliest operations in the Persian Gulf; on economic planning and its political determinants in the early 1960s; recollections of Mansur’s premiership; on various Iranian political leaders.

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Ziya’i, Taher

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

Recollections of childhood and family background; reminiscences of education at Alborz High School; recollections of education in Germany during WWII; beginning entrepreneurial activities; recollections of the events of 1953; recollections of personal encounters with the leading members of the National Front; memory of conversations with Bazargan following the Revolution and Bazargan’s comment on Ayatollah Khomeini; working of the Ministry of Industries and Mines; reminiscences of Ja`far Sharif-Emami, Ali Amini, and Amir Asadollah Alam; origins of industrial planning in Iran; recollections of events leading to the fall of the first Sharif-Emami government; on the formation of the Pahlavi Foundation; working and objectives of the Foundation; on the early months of the Revolution of 1978-79 and the pressure to force the resignation of various government officials; on the implementation of the edicts of the White Revolution and its impact on Iranian industries; on the land reform program and the role of Hasan Arsanjani in its implementation; structure and operation of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce; recollections of the proceedings of the High Economic Council; on industrial planning in Iran, its determinants and its results; on government’s anti-inflation campaign and the emergence of political discontent; personal experiences with the Revolution; on the causes of the Revolution.

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Yatsevitch, Colonel Gratian*

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

Educational background; beginnings of career at CIA; CIA’s objectives and operations in Iran in the 1950s; recollections of Allen Dulles; U.S. strategic interest in Iran in the 1950s; impressions of the Shah, and memories of their meetings; on the Shah’s goals and objectives; CIA’s views on the Shah; relations between the U.S. and Iran during the Eisenhower administration; recollections of the early years of SAVAK and General Teymur Bakhtiyar; recollections of Ambassadors Chapin, Wailes and Holmes, and their relations with the Shah; on social and economic change in Iran; debates between CIA analysts over political stability in Iran; U.S. contacts with and assessments of the opposition to the Shah in the 1950s and 1960s; on General Qarane’i’s alleged coup plans; extent of the loyalty of the armed forces to the Shah in the 1950s and 1960s; relations between the National Front and the Kennedy administration; on U.S. and the premiership of Ali Amini; working of oil consortiums in Iran; on the riots at Tehran University in 1961; recollections of Amir Asadollah Alam and Hasan Arsanjani; on the White Revolution of 1963; Johnson’s trip to Iran; Iran-Soviet relations; Israel’s relations with Iran; extent of cooperations between CIA and SAVAK; on U.S. listening posts in Iran; on events of 1963-64; economic development and corruption.

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Yar-Afshar, Parviz

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

Educational background, and recollections of early childhood; recollections of General Fazlollah Zahedi; General Zahedi’s personal characteristics and stature in the armed forces; reasons for Zahedi’s opposition to Mosaddeq’s policies; General Zahedi’s planning of the military operations which led to the removal of the Mosaddeq government; roles of the Shah and CIA in General Zahedi’s plans; on General Zahedi’s paramount role in the events of 1953; on the Shah’s personal traits and leadership style; on the working of the Senate; on the various members of the Iranian political elite; recollections of the White Revolution of 1963 and its social ramifications; memories of arrest and imprisonment after the Revolution of 1978-79.

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Tiger, M. Gordon

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

Recollections of early experiences with Iran in the 1950s; on the working of the U.S. Embassy in Iran in the 1950s and early 1960s; Iranian economy in the 1950s; impact of the events of 1953 on U.S.-Iranian relations; on the Point Four Program in Iran; CIA’s assessment of the opposition to the Shah in the 1960s; relations between Iran and Israel in the 1950s; U.S.-Iranian relations in the 1950s; on Secretary McNamara’s position on arms sales to Iran; on Ambassadors Wailes and Holmes; Robert Kennedy’s meeting with student dissidents and its effect on U.S.-Iranian relations; U.S. policy towards Iran in the 1960s; U.S. contacts with Iranian opposition groups; U.S. aid to Iran in the 1960s; on the Shah’s threat to purchase arms from the Soviet Union; effect of the White Revolution on Iranian politics and U.S.-Iranian relations.

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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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Ramsbotham, Sir Peter

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

Recollections of the events of 1953; on the attitude of Iranians towards the British; relations between Iran and Great Britain in the 1970s; on the Shah’s personal traits; Shah’s sensitivity to British views; Iran’s position on the Persian Gulf in the early 1970s; on various Iranian government officials; on the causes of the Revolution of 1978-79; impact of westernization on Iranian politics; on the Twenty Five Hundred Years of Monarchy Celebrations; on Britain’s refusal to admit the Shah into Britain after the Revolution.

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Rahnema, Majid

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

Origins of the Alashtar Project; aims and agenda of the Project; participants in the Project; status of rural Lorestan in the 1970s; impact of the White Revolution on Alashtar; reaction of the local inhabitants to the Project; impediments in the path of implementing the Project; power structure in Alashtar; promise and perils of holding elections in Alashtar; balance-sheet of the Project; new perspectives on rural development and health care.

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Parsons, Sir Anthony

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

Early contacts with Iran; on the events of 1953 and the formation of the Baghdad Pact; on the Shah’s role in resolving the Bahrain issue; Britain’s economic interests in Iran in the 1970s; on Britain’s departure from the Persian Gulf in 1971; Britain’s commercial, industrial and military relations with Iran; recollections of Prime Minister Hoveyda; personal impressions of the Shah and his leadership style; Shah’s view of British policy on Iran; on Iranians’ distrust of the British; recollections of the politicization of university campuses in Iran; on charges of Britain’s complicity in the Iranian Revolution; on Iranian politics in the late 1970s; on various Iranian public figures; on the roots of the Revolution; impressions of Westernization of Iran and its political consequences; assessment of industrial development in Iran; recollections of Iranian politics during the revolutionary upheaval; Shah’s consultations with the interviewee and Ambassador Sullivan; Britain’s position on the Shah’s decision to leave Iran; on the B.B.C.’s alleged role in inciting opposition to the Shah; on Queen Farah.

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Niyazmand, Reza

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

Family and educational background; on industrial development in Iran during the Reza Shah period; German contribution to industrial development in Iran; industrial planning and development in Iran; on the Plan and Budget Organization in the 1950s; Plan and Budget Organization under Abol-Hasan Ebtehaj; industrial planning at the Ministry of Economy; on Ali Naqi Alikhani as Minister of Economy; on the rise of the automobile industry in Iran; on industrial planning and the private sector in Iran; on education of the industrial and business managers in Iran; on the High Economic Council and the role of the Shah therein; balance-sheet of Alikhani’s management of Iran’s economic planning; on the promise and perils of import substitution strategy in industrial development; impact of industrial planning on the Iranian economy and society; extent of infrastructure and capital development during the Pahlavi period; myths and realities of industrial economic development in the Pahlavi period; on the Sarcheshmeh Copper Company; working with the private sector on behalf of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.

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