Iran Novin Party Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies

Jandaqi, Mozaffar

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

Reminiscences of childhood in Kerman; cultural features and socioeconomic conditions of Kerman; association with the National Front; on the organization of the Tudeh Party at Tehran University; recollections of Mohammad Mosaddeq and Mozaffar Baqa’i-Kermani; on private contracting in Iran in the 1970s; on agriculture in Iran following the White Revolution; recollections of General Zargham; membership in Iran Novin and Rastakhiz parties; workings of the Majles; on the Revolution of 1978-79.

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Ebtehaj-Samii, Nayyereh

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

Family and educational background; early interest in women’s rights; reaction of Iranian women to Reza Shah’s campaign against veiling; formation of women’s rights groups and their impact on government policy-making; political enfranchisement of women in 1963; participation in elections to the Majles; structure and mode of operation of Iran Novin Party; reminiscences of Amir Abbas Hoveyda; workings of the Majles; government’s position on women’s rights; Hoveyda’s views on the Rastakhiz Party; on the roots of the Revolution of 1978-79.

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Borumand, Heydar-Qoli

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

On the structure and activities of the Iran Novin Party; on the influence of the Iran Novin Party on Iranian politics; workings of the Majles; on the Party’s influence in Esfahan; on the causes of the Revolution; on the 1978 Majles debates on SAVAK; recollection of a meeting with General Hosein Fardust in 1979; Shapur Bakhtiyar’s premiership and the Majles; confronting the revolutionary committees; incarceration, interrogation and trial by the revolutionary authorities; escape from Iran.

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Ansari, Abdolreza

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

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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