National University of Iran (Melli University) Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies

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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Mojtahedi, Mohammad Ali

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

Recollections of childhood and early education; descriptions of travelling from northern Iran to Tehran and then to Europe for higher education; recollections of Alborz High School; curriculum and the academic calibre of the high school; role of Alborz in the country’s educational goals and achievements; as the Chancellor of the National University of Iran and Arya Mehr University of Technology; on the achievements of Iran in providing higher education in the sciences and technical fields; on the Shah and various other high ranking government officials.

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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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Hekmat, Hormoz

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

Recollections of childhood and early political activities in Iran; recollections of activities in the Confederation of Iranian Students (CIS); ethos and programs of CIS; organization and structure of CIS; extent of CIS’ interactions with the Iranian Embassy in the U.S.; regime’s reactions to CIS’ activities; relations between CIS and the National Front; on the various leaders of the CIS; reaction of U.S. authorities to the activities of CIS; return to Iran; recollections of teaching at the universities in Iran; political climate at Tehran and National universities in the months preceding the Revolution and immediately after; on the political dilemmas of the Iranian intelligentsia in the face of the Revolution.

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Alimard, Amin

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

Recollections of childhood, family and education; on the Russians in Tabriz during the Allied occupation of Iran; on activities in school during the war; coming to Tehran; School and university in Tehran; involvement in literary activity; employment in the National Railroad System; recollections of military service; editing Jahan-e No literary journal; on Iranian intellectuals during the 1940s and 1950s; on the Tehran political scene in the 1940s; on getting scholarship to the American University of Beirut; education in Beirut; Public Administration Program at the University of Southern California; teaching at the newly established National University of Iran; as deputy minster of interior for political and parliamentary affairs in 1974-75; on Baqer Namazi, Mostafa Alamuti, Holaku Rambod, Gholam Reza Afkhami; on Prime Minister Hoveyda; on Jamshid Amuzegar as Minister of Interior and as Prime Minister; as Secretary General of the State Organization for Administration and Employment; streamlining state administrative system; David Lillienthal’s Development and Resources Organization in Iran; on John Macy; vision of Iran’s future; on the Sharif-Emami cabinet; serving with General Gholam Reza Azhari; keeping appointment with Shapur Bakhtiyar on his last day in office; on the Iranian Revolution; on the Shah; on Queen Farah.

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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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Afkhami, Gholam Reza

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

Family and educational background; student politics in Tehran in the 1940s and early 1950s; on Mosaddeq’s premiership and the nationalization of oil; role of leftists, nationalists and religious elements in the nationalization of oil movement; character and extent of socioeconomic development of Iran during the last twenty years of the Shah’s regime; factors important in the Iranian Revolution of 1978-79; on the Rastakhiz Party; 1975 parliamentary elections under Rastakhiz; on Prime Minister Hoveyda’s tenure of office; working with Jamshid Amuzegar in the Ministry of Interior; theory, strategy and organization of Iranian national campaign against illiteracy; on the debates over the issues of decentralization of power and political participation in Iran in the 1970s; on the Shah’s character traits; on the Revolution.

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