Khorasan, Governship of Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies

Valiyan, Abdol-Azim

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Educational background and early career; recollections of intelligence gathering activities and analysis in the military; reminiscences of service under General Riyahi; recollections of activities as the Director of the Land Reform Organization; interaction of various government agencies over the land reform issue; on the implementation of the land reform program; creation of a Land Reform Ministry and management of the land reform program; recollections of the meetings of the High Economic Council; impressions of the Shah and his leadership style; tenure as Governor of Khorasan.

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Qoreishi, Ahmad

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:02 +0000

Family and educational background; recollections of the intellectual and academic environment in Iranian universities in the 1960s and 1970s; planning for higher education in Iran; reorganization of the National University of Iran; political climate of the Iranian universities in the 1970s; extent of political freedom on the campuses; assessment of the quality of higher education in Iran; on SAVAK’s influence in university campuses; on Parviz Sabeti; on Prime Minister Hoveyda’s leadership style and personal qualities; origins of the idea of the Rastakhiz Party; structure, agenda, and mode of operation of the Party; Prime Minister Hoveyda’s reaction to the Rastakhiz Party; on the Shah’s distrust of the Rastakhiz Party and his efforts to curb its power; recollections of the management of the Rastakhiz Party by its various secretary-generals; extent of the Party’s popularity and success; reasons for the Party’s failure to curb revolutionary mobilization of the masses; on the meeting between the Shah and Karim Sanjabi in 1978; on Amir Asadollah Alam; on the administration of Khorasan Province; on the roots of the Revolution of 1978-79.

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Matini, Jalal

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

Family background and childhood; recollections of education at Tehran University; political trends among the youth at the time; teaching career at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad; intellectual and political climate of the University; on Iran’s higher education system, and the planning for its further development; recollections of Ali Shari`ati, the issues surrounding his employment at Ferdowsi University, local government authorities’ support of Shari`ati against the University, and Shari`ati’s record as a teacher at the University; recollections of the various governors of Khorasan; relations between the University and the various social strata in Mashhad; memories of the revolutionary upheaval; relations between Ferdowsi University and the countries neighboring Iran.

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Jazayeri, Shamseddin

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

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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Bahar, Habib

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

Family background; on the political activities of the Bahar family; recollections of Reza Shah’s relations with his subordinates; employment with the Point IV Program in Khorasan; on Khorasan Governors Ahmad Mehran and General Sadeq Amir Azizi; on the state of rural development in Iran; balance-sheet of the land reform program; on the religious establishment and land reform; causes of the events of 1963-64; recollections of Ali Shari`ati, Mas`ud Rajavi and Taher Ahmadzadeh; conversations with Shari`ati and Mas`ud Rajavi; on the functioning of the Majles; recollections of Mozaffar Baqa’i-Kermani; memories of meeting with General Gholam Reza Azhari following his premiership; on General Abbas Qarabaghi and Jamshid Amuzegar; reactions in the Majles to the Revolution; personal experiences with the politics of the Revolution in Mashhad; Majles’ review of SAVAK in 1978; on the causes of the Revolution; meeting with the Shah prior to the monarch’s departure from Iran in 1979; on Ayatollah Ali Khamene’i, Shaykh Ali Tehrani and Ayatollah Va`ez-e Tabasi.

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