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Yeganeh, Naser

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

Recollections of childhood and education in Europe and America; on the history, structure and mode of operation of the judiciary in Iran; working of the Ministry of Justice in Iran; place of religion in Iran’s legal code; role of the judiciary in the operation of the government; issue of women’s rights and the reaction of the judiciary to it; on the Family Protection Law and its implementation; observations on the White Revolution; on the Shah, his powers and his leadership style; on the workings of the cabinet; impact of the events of 1953 on later political decisions; on the causes of the Revolution; attitude of the Islamic Republic toward the judiciary; personal experiences with the Islamic Republic and the revolutionary courts.

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Lahiji, Abdol-Karim

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

Recollections of childhood and educational history; first encounters with political activism and the National Front; recollections of Tehran University; student activism and government reaction to it; National Front activity after 1953; National Front’s attitude towards the Amini government; on the riots at Tehran University and charges of collaboration between the National Front and General Teymur Bakhtiyar; National Front’s reaction to the White Revolution; recollections of government clamp down on National Front activities, and his incarceration in 1963; on the change in the political climate in Iran after the events of 1963-64; radicalization of politics and the emergence of urban guerilla movements in Iran; recollections of the trial of the leading political dissidents; on Khomeini’s emergence as a national political leader; on the repressive tactics employed by SAVAK; on human rights and efforts to promote it in Iran; on the government’s liberalization campaign in 1977; recollections of the beginnings of the revolutionary upheaval.

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Afkhami, Mahnaz

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

Founding of the Organization of University Women; history and structure of the Women’s Organization of Iran (WOI); meeting with Princess Ashraf and the role of the Princess in women’s issues; evolution of a free electoral process in WOI; evolution of the ideology and organizational structure of WOI; WOI’s School of Social Welfare; legal reforms, the Family Protection Law and the opposition to it; the Shah’s opinions on the women’s issues; WOI’s presence in the rural areas; rural cooperatives and literacy; consciousness raising as the most notable achievement of WOI; WOI and women in the labor force; National Plan of Action: its concept, structure and implementation mechanisms; WOI’s audience; veiling and the politics of dissent; role as Minister of State and utility of influence in government circles for women’s affairs; decision-making process in the cabinet; on the Shah and the cabinet ministers; Hoveyda’s character and performance; Jamshid Amuzegar as prime minister; recollections of Queen Farah and Princess Ashraf; on the Shah’s personality; importance of the presence of women in high government positions for the advancement of causes advocated by women; on the causes of the Revolution of 1978-79; role of women in the Revolution.

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