Literature Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies

Naderpur, Nader

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:25 +0000

Recollections of childhood and family relations; beginnings of literary career; memories of September 1941 and the occupation of Iran; nationalist sentiments and political activities among the youth in the l940s; resurgence of the Tudeh Party and its youth organizations; establishment of the Pan-Iranist Party; joining the Tudeh Party; Tudeh Party’s structure and political activities; literary and cultural activities of the Tudeh Party; secessionism in Azarbayjan and the Tudeh Party; artistic and literary climate in the 1940s; recollections of the events of 1953; travel and stay in Europe; participation in the activities of the press and writers’ organizations upon return to Iran; employment at the National Iranian Radio and Television Organization (NIRT); NIRT and the revolutionary upheaval; on the Queen Farah Foundation; on politically committed literature; recollections of a meeting with Ayatollah Khomeini; Khomeini’s persona and its evolution over the years.

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Moayyed-Sabeti, Ali

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:25 +0000

Recollections of the Majles years; reminiscences of Reza Shah and his leadership style; Reza Shah’s policy towards religion; on the Masjed-e Gowharshad incident; on British machinations in Iranian politics; on Mosaddeq’s recollection of clashes between Reza Shah and the British; Soviet pressures on Iran during WWII; Prime Minister Qavam and the Azarbayjan Crisis; recollections of the Mosaddeq movement and the events of 1953; two elegies for Iran.

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Mahjub, Mohammad Jafar

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

Memories of childhood and images of Tehran at the time; status of education in Iran at the time; employment at the Majles as secretary-stenographer; joining the Tudeh Party; Tudeh Party’s structure and mode of operation; literary activities of the Tudeh Party; Tudeh Party’s main organizers; government reaction to Tudeh Party’s activities in the Majles; literary and intellectual activities in Iran during the Pahlavi period; intellectual climate at Tehran University; government’s censorship policies; recollections of Hasan Emami and how he became Emam Jom`eh of Tehran.

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Farjam, Farideh

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

Recollections of childhood and upbringing; the artistic climate of Iran; beginnings of career in literary and artistic activities; on children’s literature; working in the theater in Iran; on women’s role in the performing arts in Iran; experiences with censorship; on the connection between politics and the arts; experiences with the Iranian Revolution and its aftermath; arts and literature in Iran after the Revolution.

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Avery, Peter

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

Educational background; employment at the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company; relations between AIOC and the Iranian government; Iranian intellectuals in the 1940s; recollections of Sadeq Hedayat, Sadeq Chubak, Bozorg Alavi and Seyyed Sadeq Goharin; on the Tudeh Party and its influence in the 1950s; meetings with Seyyed Ziyaoddin Tabataba’i, General Teymur Bakhtiyar, Mozaffar Baqa’i-Kermani and Hosein Makki; on the leadership of the National Front; on the events of 1953 and the premiership of General Fazlollah Zahedi; on Mojtaba Minovi and Parviz Natel Khanlari; recollections of Abol-Hasan Ebtehaj, General Vali Mohammad Qarane’i, Amir Abbas Hoveyda, Jamshid Amuzegar, Ali Amini and Amir Asadollah Alam; on the White Revolution and the celebrations for the 2500 years of Iranian monarchy; on the role of religion in politics; on contemporary Iranian literature; on social change in Iran during the Pahlavi period.

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Ashuri, Daryush

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

Educational background; recollections of involvement in politics in the 1950s; on the National Front and its activities after 1953; recollections of literary activities in the 1950s and 1960s; recollections of cooperation with Khalil Maleki and the Third Force Party (Niru-ye Sevvum); relations between the opposition forces and the regime; on the first and second Writers’ Association of Iran; recollection of General Naser Moqaddam, and impressions of political thinking within SAVAK; assessment of the political activities of the liberal and leftist forces in the 1960s; on the Iranian intellectuals and the Revolution of 1978-79.

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Amir-Shahy, Mashid

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

Recollections of early childhood; memories of primary school, family and social life; reminiscences of adolescence and interactions of boys and girls; family’s intellectual and political tendencies; education in England; recollections of marriage, children and divorce; society’s reaction to her divorce; career as a writer; reactions of society and colleagues to her writing; politicization of contemporary literature and the role of dissent in popularizing writers; religious observance among Iranian women; on Al-e Ahmad, Shari`ati and Motahhari; communist activism in Iran; Tudeh Party and the intelligentsia; on the group of “Fifty Three” and their characteristics; origins of the Revolution of 1978-79; Khomeini and the intellectuals; on the Jaleh Square incident; recollections of the revolutionary turmoil.

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