Ettela`at Newspaper Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies

Sarfaraz, Hosein

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

Family and educational background; recollections of student years and classmates at Tehran University in the 1950s; a recollection of Sa`idi Sirjani; going into journalism; debates on modern poetry (She`r-e now) in the 1950s; on Fereydun Tavallali’s poetry; on the literary circles of Tehran in the 1950s; development of theater in the 1950s; on technical changes in newspaper printing; on the political culture of journalism in Iran and its evolution after the events of 1953; on the nature, extent and ambience of censorship in the media; on Kayhan and Ettela`at Corporations; on the left in the newspapers in the 1960s and 1970s; Media and the Hoveyda government; on Amir Taheri’s appointment as editor of Kayhan and the leftist take-over of Kayhan in the 1970s; on Ali Asghar Amirani and the Khandaniha magazine; on financial sources of support of media; on the competition between the printed media and radio and television; on the Ettela`at article on the Ayatollah Khomeini; on the Rastakhiz daily newspaper; on newspapers before and after the Revolution.

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Homayun, Daryush

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

Recollections of childhood; political activism among Iranian youth in the 1940s; nationalism in Iran during the Reza Shah period; establishing the Ayandegan Daily; government restrictions on the operation of newspapers; reminiscences of the activities of the Franklin Institute in Tehran; on the formation of a writers’ association; on the nature and extent of political socialization of Iranians during the Pahlavi period; changes in the political orientation of Iranians during the late Pahlavi period; on Hoveyda’s premiership; origins, workings and agenda of the Rastakhiz Party; premiership of Jamshid Amuzegar; on Ettela`at Newspaper’s inflammatory article against Ayatollah Khomeini in 1977; recollections of the Iranian political scene in the months leading to the Revolution.

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Baheri, Mohammad

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:09:01 +0000

Reminiscences of childhood in Shiraz; changes in the educational system under Reza Shah; education at Tehran University; political climate in the university at the time; career at the Ministry of Justice; membership in the Tudeh Party; on the Iranian political elite; on the political culture of Iran; pro-German sympathies in Iran before WWII; on Reza Shah’s modernization policies; association with Amir Asadollah Alam; recollections of the leadership of the Tudeh Party; personal experiences with the Shah; recollections of the occupation of Iran during WWII; on the organizational procedures of the Tudeh Party in Shiraz; origin, history and program of the Rastakhiz Party; Amnesty International’s debates with Iranian government over the human rights issue; relations between the government and the religious establishment in the Pahlavi period; on the Ettela`at Newspaper’s article against Ayatollah Khomeini; reflections on Amir Asadollah Alam; recollection of a confrontation with Mozaffar Firuz.

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Amir-Shahy, Mashid

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:09:25 +0000

Recollections of early childhood; memories of primary school, family and social life; reminiscences of adolescence and interactions of boys and girls; family’s intellectual and political tendencies; education in England; recollections of marriage, children and divorce; society’s reaction to her divorce; career as a writer; reactions of society and colleagues to her writing; politicization of contemporary literature and the role of dissent in popularizing writers; religious observance among Iranian women; on Al-e Ahmad, Shari`ati and Motahhari; communist activism in Iran; Tudeh Party and the intelligentsia; on the group of “Fifty Three” and their characteristics; origins of the Revolution of 1978-79; Khomeini and the intellectuals; on the Jaleh Square incident; recollections of the revolutionary turmoil.

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Ahrar, Ahmad

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:09:25 +0000

Educational Nackground and early career; problems encountered by journalists in Iran before the revolution; on censorship; government and the press in the Pahlavi regime; government and the press in post-revolutionary period; Khomeini and Bazargan; Khomeini and Teymur Bakhtiar in 1963-64; Shapur Bakhtiar and the press; General Huser’s trip to Iran.

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