Rural Development Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies

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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Valiyan, Abdol-Azim

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

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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Shahrokh (Yeganegi), Farangis

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

Recollections of childhood and upbringing in a Zoroastrian family; on the status of minorities in Iran and its evolution; recollections of activities of the High Council of Women’s Organization of Iran; recollection of early cooperation with the Women’s Organization of Iran (WOI); on General Haji Ali Razmara’s efforts to involve women in governmental affairs; organization and mode of activity of various women’s groups; recollections of women’s activism for enfranchisement and the Alam government’s reaction; Princess Ashraf’s role in women’s affairs; on the events of 1963-64; on the formation and activities of the Handicrafts of Iran Organization and its impact on rural life in Iran.

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Sepehri, Hosein

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:06:36 +0000

Educational background; employment at the Plan and Budget Organization; recollections of Abol-Hasan Ebtehaj at the Organization; agricultural planning at the Organization; agricultural development plans at regional levels; on Seyyed Jalal Tehrani’s opposition to land reform; assessment of the effects of the land reform of 1963; on the working of the High Economic Council; on the rivalry between various governmental organizations for funds and resources; pattern of change in development funding and projects from the 1960s onwards; relations between the Shah and cabinet ministers; balance-sheet of agricultural development planning; recollections of Mansur Rowhani.

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Pahlavi, Prince Mahmud Reza

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

Education and childhood recollections; recollections of Reza Shah and his program of upbringing of the princes; Reza Shah’s life in exile; activities in the agricultural sector; on rural development in Iran during the Pahlavi period.

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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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Ansari, Abdolreza

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

Recollections of childhood, family and education; on meeting Director William Warne of the Point IV Program; Point IV operations in Iran; on young Iranians’ contributions to Point IV and other development projects; on phasing out of the Point IV; on Iran-e No group; on Mohammad Moqaddam and Jamshid Amuzegar in the Iran-e No group; on Fakhreddin Shademan and Khalil Taleqani; as treasurer general; Iran’s economic and financial conditions before the White Revolution of 1963; streamlining the Ministry of Finance and the national budget; as Minister of Labor; on Manuchehr Eqbal as prime minister; on the Khuzestan Water and Power Authority: background, structure, operations, accomplishments; on David Lillienthal; as governor of Khuzestan; on Hasan Ali Mansur as leader of the Progressive Circle (Kanun-e Moteraqqi) and as prime minister; on the Shah’s support for development projects; as Minister of Interior; national elections of l967; on the problems with the Iran Novin Party; on relations with Prime Minister Hoveyda; on Ardeshir Zahedi; on the circumstances of leaving the Ministry of Interior; on the celebrations of the 2500 years of Iranian Monarchy; as Princess Ashraf’s deputy in socio-cultural affairs; as managing director of the Imperial Organization for Social Services.

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Ahmadi, Ahmad-Ali

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

Family and educational background’ first experiences with the Iranian governmental bureaucracy; joining the Khuzestan Water and Power Authority; David Lillienthal’s role in planning and administering KWPA; problems and processes of dam construction on the Dez and Karun Rivers; structural and functional characteristics of the Mohammad Reza Shah Dam on the Dez River; development of electric power grids; Haft-Tappeh Sugar Cane Project; on methods of improving techniques of cutting canes; on water-shed management; on developing human resources to replace foreign experts; on various agro-business associated with KWPA; on Abdorreza Ansari’s qualities as manager and leader; on Hasan Shahmirzadi and other collagues at KWPA; on organizational relations with central ministries and Khuzestan governorate; on the various managers of the Plan and Budget Organization; on Minister Rowhani; on the Natural Resources Ministry’s mission; on Minister Naser Golsorkhi’s role in Environmental Protection; on the International Agro-Business Corporation of Iran and its operations in Khuzestan; working as consulting engineer for Dasht-e reorganizing the Ministry; concepts and principles governing the reorganization process; on the Amuzegar cabinet; assessment of the agriculture policy and development in Iran in the 1960s and 1970s.

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