EventsOf 1963-1964 Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies

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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Vaziri, Shahrokh

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

Educational background; association with the National Front while at high school; structure of the National Front in the 1960s; reaction of the National Front to the events of 1963-64; emergence and growth of the Confederation of Iranian Students (CIS); on the various ideological orientations in CIS; radicalization of CIS; contacts between CIS and foreign political organizations; funding, organization and publications of CIS; CIS’s relations with Ayatollah Khomeini; internal differences in CIS and its consequences; CIS’s relations with Abol-Hasan Bani-Sadr and the Mojahedin; on the roots of the Revolution of 1978-79; recollections of arrest and interrogation by SAVAK; on the Parviz Nikkhah group and its activities; on the events of 1963-64, Ayatollah Khomeini, General Teymur Bakhtiyar and the political climate of that period.

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Shahrokh (Yeganegi), Farangis

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

Recollections of childhood and upbringing in a Zoroastrian family; on the status of minorities in Iran and its evolution; recollections of activities of the High Council of Women’s Organization of Iran; recollection of early cooperation with the Women’s Organization of Iran (WOI); on General Haji Ali Razmara’s efforts to involve women in governmental affairs; organization and mode of activity of various women’s groups; recollections of women’s activism for enfranchisement and the Alam government’s reaction; Princess Ashraf’s role in women’s affairs; on the events of 1963-64; on the formation and activities of the Handicrafts of Iran Organization and its impact on rural life in Iran.

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Rusk, Dean*

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

Recollections of the Azarbayjan Crisis of 1945-46; U.S.-Iran relations during the Kennedy administration; role of CENTO in U.S.-Iranian relations; disputes between the Kennedy administration and the Iranian government on arms sales to Iran; U.S. and the White Revolution; U.S. policy towards the Shah in the 1960s; Iran in U.S. geopolitical considerations; U.S. policy on Iran during the Johnson administration.

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Royce, William

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

Family and educational background; reasons for going to Iran; teaching at the Iran-America Society in Tehran; life in Tehran in early 1960s; attitude of Iranian students toward Americans; recollections of personalities and political events during Ali Amini’s premiership in the early 1960s; on the events of 1963-64 and their effect on the change in the political atmosphere in the late 1960s; impressions of various Iranian cities–Ramsar, Esfahan, Shiraz, Mashhad; on opposition student leaders in the U.S. in early 1960s–Majid Tehranian, Sadeq Qotbzadeh and others; on Iran-America Society in Shiraz.

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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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Oskui, Nader

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

Family and educational background; recollections of events of 1963-64; on joining the CIS in the U.S.; CIS activities in the U.S. in the 1970s; on the radicalization of CIS; organization and financial base of CIS; factionalism in CIS; on Sazeman-e Ehya as a student organization; on student activism in Europe in the 1970s, problems with the French police, and charges of assassination brought against him; meeting with Ayatollah Khomeini in Paris; return to Iran and participation in the Revolution.

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Naderpur, Nader

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

Recollections of childhood and family relations; beginnings of literary career; memories of September 1941 and the occupation of Iran; nationalist sentiments and political activities among the youth in the l940s; resurgence of the Tudeh Party and its youth organizations; establishment of the Pan-Iranist Party; joining the Tudeh Party; Tudeh Party’s structure and political activities; literary and cultural activities of the Tudeh Party; secessionism in Azarbayjan and the Tudeh Party; artistic and literary climate in the 1940s; recollections of the events of 1953; travel and stay in Europe; participation in the activities of the press and writers’ organizations upon return to Iran; employment at the National Iranian Radio and Television Organization (NIRT); NIRT and the revolutionary upheaval; on the Queen Farah Foundation; on politically committed literature; recollections of a meeting with Ayatollah Khomeini; Khomeini’s persona and its evolution over the years.

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Mohaqqeqi, General Ahmad Ali

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

Recollections of childhood and early career; employment with SAVAK; recollections of Generals Teymur Bakhtiyar and Hasan Pakravan; on General Bakhtiyar’s removal from SAVAK; on SAVAK’s mode of operation; on the events of 1963-64, and General Pakravan’s intercession with the Shah on behalf of Ayatollah Khomeini; on the causes of the Revolution of 1978-79; on the top echelon of the military’s mismanagement of the political crisis of 1978-79; recollection of the debates within the armed forces on the choice of action to quell the civil unrest; on how revolutionary forces took control of the cities; on the armed forces’ decision to declare itself neutral; on charges of collusion between a number of the military commanders and the revolutionary forces; on General Gholam Ali Oveysi’s activities in exile and plans for an armed opposition to the revolutionary order; on the structure and mode of operation of the State Gendarmerie.

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Mohamedi, Hamid

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

Family and educational background; early political activities; National Front in the 1960s; background of the establishment of the Confederation of Iranian Students (CIS); structure and political program of CIS; relations between CIS and the Tudeh Party; relations between the various constituencies of CIS; government’s reaction to student activism; emergence of radicalism in CIS; impact of events of 1963-64; on the plan to assassinate the Shah.

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