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Tufaniyan, General Hasan

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

Recollections of childhood in Iran; on conditions in Iran during the early Pahlavi period; Iranian armed forces and the occupation of Iran during WWII; history of Imperial Iranian Air Force; reminiscences of the leading Iranian military leaders; on the Shah and his leadership style; structure and mode of organization of the Iranian armed forces; Iran’s military relations with Pakistan; recollections of Iran’s various arms procurement deals; military’s procedures for acquiring new arms and equipment; myth and reality of personal profit making in arms deals; Shah’s reaction to the revolutionary upheaval; on the attempts of military commanders to compel the Shah to decisive action against revolutionary forces; Shah’s indecision before the revolutionary onslaught; on the Iranian military’s arms production and its contribution to the development of an industrial complex.

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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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MacArthur, Douglas II*

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:53 +0000

Views on the Shah; relations between Iran and the U.S. in the early 1970s; on Iran’s procurement of military arms and equipment from the U.S.; on military relations and contact between Iran and the U.S.; U.S. policy towards Iran during the Nixon administration; assessment of the Iranian economy in the early 1970s; recollection of an attempt by the Fada’iyan-e Khalq guerillas to kidnap him; rise in the price of oil and its effect on U.S.-Iranian relations; on the role of the National Front in the politics of the early 1970s; on Iran’s exertion of power in the Persian Gulf in the 1970s; Iran’s regional policy.

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Lenczowski, George

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:53 +0000

Recollections of first experiences with Iran during WWII; reminiscences of visits to Iran; on Iran’s political elite; impressions of the Shah in the 1950s; relations between Ambassador Grady and the Shah; on Iran’s foreign policy and differences in the approaches of the Shah, Mosaddeq and Khomeini to it; on the White Revolution; Ambassador MacArthur’s tenure of office in Tehran; relations between the Shah and the various American presidents; Shah’s relations with other regional powers; on the political fortunes of the National Front; recollections of his interview with Mosaddeq; Shah and Iran’s oil policy; Shah’s understanding of the political forces at work in Washington.

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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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Farkhan, Hushang

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

Educational background and remembrances of travel to the U.S. for education; recollections of activities of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company; formation of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC); assessment of the merits of the oil contracts entered into by NIOC; on the nationalization of oil and the assassination of Prime Minister Razmara; technical concerns surrounding the nationalization issue; natural gas agreement with the Soviet Union; on NIOC Managing Directors Abdollah Entezam and Manuchehr Eqbal; workings of NIOC; security concerns in oil operations in Iran; policy-making process in the NIOC; on the Shah’s interest in NIOC operations; on oil and the Revolution; assessment of industrial planning in Iran in the Pahlavi period; Shah’s role in the OPEC and its pricing policy; role of oil in the foreign policy of Iran.

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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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