Finance, Ministry of Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies بنیاد مطالعات ایران Thu, 02 Feb 2023 19:30:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://fis-iran.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-Dark-w-Color-1-32x32.png Finance, Ministry of Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies 32 32 Jazayeri, Shamseddin https://fis-iran.org/oral-history/jazayeri-shamseddin/ Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:08:15 +0000 https://fisiran.org/oral-history/jazayeri-shamseddin/ Reflections on his youth and early government service; memories of the occupation of Iran during WWII; as emissary between Reza Shah and the Germans; recollections of Esma`il Mer’at, his tenure...

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]]> Reflections on his youth and early government service; memories of the occupation of Iran during WWII; as emissary between Reza Shah and the Germans; recollections of Esma`il Mer’at, his tenure at the Ministry of Culture and Arts, and his relations with the Baha’is; memories of Arthur Millspaugh and the Ministry of Finance at the time; recollections of the premiership of General Razmara and his cabinet; on the oil contract proposals; conversations with the Shah and Prime Minister Amini on oil; Razmara’s inability to resolve the oil dispute and his subsequent assassination; recollections of Ayatollah Borujerdi, and the cleric’s concerns over the spread of Baha’ism; on the issue of the influence of Baha’is at the Ministry of Culture and Arts, and its political consequences; tenure of office as governor of Khorasan; confrontations with the National Front in Khorasan; relations between security forces and the religious establishment in Mashhad.

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]]> Ansari, Abdolreza https://fis-iran.org/oral-history/ansari-abdorreza/ Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:09:25 +0000 https://fisiran.org/oral-history/ansari-abdorreza/ Recollections of childhood, family and education; on meeting Director William Warne of the Point IV Program; Point IV operations in Iran; on young Iranians’ contributions to Point IV and other...

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]]> Recollections of childhood, family and education; on meeting Director William Warne of the Point IV Program; Point IV operations in Iran; on young Iranians’ contributions to Point IV and other development projects; on phasing out of the Point IV; on Iran-e No group; on Mohammad Moqaddam and Jamshid Amuzegar in the Iran-e No group; on Fakhreddin Shademan and Khalil Taleqani; as treasurer general; Iran’s economic and financial conditions before the White Revolution of 1963; streamlining the Ministry of Finance and the national budget; as Minister of Labor; on Manuchehr Eqbal as prime minister; on the Khuzestan Water and Power Authority: background, structure, operations, accomplishments; on David Lillienthal; as governor of Khuzestan; on Hasan Ali Mansur as leader of the Progressive Circle (Kanun-e Moteraqqi) and as prime minister; on the Shah’s support for development projects; as Minister of Interior; national elections of l967; on the problems with the Iran Novin Party; on relations with Prime Minister Hoveyda; on Ardeshir Zahedi; on the circumstances of leaving the Ministry of Interior; on the celebrations of the 2500 years of Iranian Monarchy; as Princess Ashraf’s deputy in socio-cultural affairs; as managing director of the Imperial Organization for Social Services.

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