Twenty Five Hundred Years of Iranian Monarchy Celebrations Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies

Ramsbotham, Sir Peter

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

Recollections of the events of 1953; on the attitude of Iranians towards the British; relations between Iran and Great Britain in the 1970s; on the Shah’s personal traits; Shah’s sensitivity to British views; Iran’s position on the Persian Gulf in the early 1970s; on various Iranian government officials; on the causes of the Revolution of 1978-79; impact of westernization on Iranian politics; on the Twenty Five Hundred Years of Monarchy Celebrations; on Britain’s refusal to admit the Shah into Britain after the Revolution.

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Pahlbod, Mehrdad

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

Family and educational history; early career at the Ministry of Culture and Arts; aims and operations of the Ministry in the 1950s and the 1960s; reviving traditional Persian music; operations of the Institute of Fine Arts; rivalry within the Ministry of Information and Tourism; creation and management of Rudaki Hall; film production at the Ministry; Shah’s views on the Mansur government; Queen Farah’s cultural activities; National Iranian Radio and Television Organization and propagation of Persian culture; attempts at the Ministry to promote archaeological activities and restoring historical sites; on the Academy of Language; Ministry’s role in promoting festivals and official events; on censorship and the development of the film industry in Iran; impact of leftist propaganda on the Ministry’s activities; recollections of the Shah’s Coronation and Twenty Five Hundred Years of Monarchy Celebrations.

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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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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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