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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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Rashti, Mohammad Ali

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

Educational history and early career; recollections of Hasan Ali Mansur’s Progressive Circle; on the White Revolution; on the working of the Majles; continuity and change in parliamentary politics in Iran; reasons for creation of the Rastakhiz Party; recollections of Prime Minister Mosaddeq’s trip to the United Nations; recollections of service in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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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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Hoveyda, Fereydun

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

Recollections of childhood; life and education in Beirut; memories of his brother, Amir Abbas Hoveyda; return to Iran and the first impressions of the country; employment at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; structure and mode of operation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; as Iran’s ambassador to United Nations; Iran’s role in the settlement of disputes between India and Pakistan, termination of military conflict in Vietnam, and resolution of other international conflicts; on disputes between Iran and Iraq at the U.N.; on Iran’s annexation of Abu Musa and Tunb islands; relations between Iran and China; on the character and leadership style of the Shah.

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Farhang, Mansur

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:08:37 +0000

Childhood memories, family background and upbringing; beginnings of political career and activities in the Third Force Party (Niru-ye Sevvom); life as a student in the U.S.; involvement with anti-war and anti-Shah political activism in the U.S.; academic career in the U.S.; recollections of briefing the State Department prior to trip to Paris to meet with Ayatollah Khomeini; cocnerning the set-up and working of the Nauphle le Chateau compound; Iranian politics immediately after the revolution; on the ramification of the clashes between leftist forces and the Bazargan government; recollections of trip to Cuba as part of the Iranian delegation to the Non-Aligned Movement’s congress; contacts between Iranian and Iraqi delegations; recollections of mediating conflicts between the various factions at the Iranian Embassy in Canada; on becoming Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations; recollections of a meeting with Ayatollahs Khomeini and Montazeri to discuss the formation of an international commission to review the crimes committed by the U.S. against the Iranian nation; recollections of the hostage crisis; Kurt Waldheim’s role during the crisis; consequences of the fall of the Bazargan government; on the drafting of a new constitution and discussions which led to the convening of the Council of Experts; on Abol-Hasan Bani-Sadr, his personal qualities, relations with the Mojahedin, stance against Khomeini, and subsequent fall from power; on Bani-Sadr’s escape from Iran; Sadeq Qotbzadeh’s arrest, trial, and chances of clemency; departure from Iran and life in the United States.

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Dowlatshahi, Mehrangiz

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:08:37 +0000

Family background, education, and memories of childhood; recollections of the status of women in the 1930s; memories of Reza Shah and his court; on the campaign against veiling during Reza Shah’s reign; life in Germany during WWII; establishment of Women’s Organization of Iran (WOI), and the emergence of active lobbying for women’s rights; creation of various women’s associations and their activities; Rah-e No Society and its membership; WOI’s base of support; WOI’s international activities; recollection of the debate on the Family Protection Law; lobbying for women’s enfranchisement in 1963 and the government’s resistance to the idea; personal recollections of the Pahlavi family; women’s issues and the various Iranian political parties; on the Hezb-e Demokrat-e Iran; extent of participation of Iranian women’s organizations in international forums; on the workings of the Majles; ambassadorship to Denmark; activities of the Confederation of Iranian Students in Denmark; relations between Iran and Denmark; political concerns of Iran at international women’s forums; recollections of the Shah’s marriage to Queen Farah; opinion and memories of Farrokhru Parsa, Amir Abbas Hoveyda and other Iranian political personages; on the Revolution of 1978-79.

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Assar, Nasir

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

Structure and history of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; on relations between Iran and Turkey; structure and operations of CENTO; recollections of the roles of Hosein Ala and Ahmad Qavam in the Azarbayjan Crisis; relations between Iran and Iraq and the Algiers Accords of 1975; Soviet Union’s position on CENTO; relations between CENTO and Israel; structure and operations of the Endowments Organization; on the causes of the Revolution of 1978-79.

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