Pahlavi Foundation Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies بنیاد مطالعات ایران Mon, 11 Jul 2022 00:14:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://fis-iran.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-Dark-w-Color-1-32x32.png Pahlavi Foundation Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies 32 32 Ziya’i, Taher https://fis-iran.org/oral-history/ziyai-taher/ Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:06:12 +0000 https://fisiran.org/oral-history/ziyai-taher/ Recollections of childhood and family background; reminiscences of education at Alborz High School; recollections of education in Germany during WWII; beginning entrepreneurial activities; recollections of the events of 1953; recollections...

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]]> Recollections of childhood and family background; reminiscences of education at Alborz High School; recollections of education in Germany during WWII; beginning entrepreneurial activities; recollections of the events of 1953; recollections of personal encounters with the leading members of the National Front; memory of conversations with Bazargan following the Revolution and Bazargan’s comment on Ayatollah Khomeini; working of the Ministry of Industries and Mines; reminiscences of Ja`far Sharif-Emami, Ali Amini, and Amir Asadollah Alam; origins of industrial planning in Iran; recollections of events leading to the fall of the first Sharif-Emami government; on the formation of the Pahlavi Foundation; working and objectives of the Foundation; on the early months of the Revolution of 1978-79 and the pressure to force the resignation of various government officials; on the implementation of the edicts of the White Revolution and its impact on Iranian industries; on the land reform program and the role of Hasan Arsanjani in its implementation; structure and operation of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce; recollections of the proceedings of the High Economic Council; on industrial planning in Iran, its determinants and its results; on government’s anti-inflation campaign and the emergence of political discontent; personal experiences with the Revolution; on the causes of the Revolution.

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]]> Jahanshahi, Gholam-Hossein https://fis-iran.org/oral-history/jahanshahi-gholam-hossein/ Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:08:15 +0000 https://fisiran.org/oral-history/jahanshahi-gholam-hossein/ Family and educational background; practice of law in Iran and involvement in political activities; election to the Majles; on land reform, America’s role in it, and the Shah’s handling of...

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]]> Family and educational background; practice of law in Iran and involvement in political activities; election to the Majles; on land reform, America’s role in it, and the Shah’s handling of opposition to it; on the character and leadership style of the Shah; Shah’s views on economic development; on Arsanjani and his role in the land reform program; recollections of Asadollah Alam’s premiership; working with Princess Ashraf; on the events of 1963-64; on the increasing consolidation of political power in the Shah’s hands; on the origin and workings of the Pahlavi Foundation; Iran’s economic concerns in the 1970s; internal criticisms of government’s economic policies in the late-1970s; on Amuzegar’s premiership; incarceration prior as well as following the Revolution of 1978-79; recollections of the conditions in Qasr and Evin prisons following the Revolution; on trials, executions and confiscations of property; escape from Iran.

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