Veiling (Hejab) Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies

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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Mohi, Malek-taj

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

Reminiscences of life in Esfahan; women’s status in a traditional society; involvement in political activities; election to the City Council of Esfahan; activities in the Women’s Organization of Iran (WOI); on the City Council of Esfahan and its relation to the Governor’s Office; election to the Majles; on the patterns of voting in the Majles elections in Esfahan; on the working of the Majles; WOI’s activities in Esfahan, and their impact on the social status of women; recollections of the Revolution of 1978-79.

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Moayyed-Sabeti, Parvin

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

Family background and upbringing; first involvements with charity work; recollections of the status of women in Mashhad in the 1930s; on the resistance to the abrogation of veiling in 1936; beginnings of women’s rights movements in Iran; recollections of Princess Ashraf; political activities of Iranian women; reminiscences of the working of Women’s Organization of Iran; on the change of attitudes towards women in the late 1970s; activities with Iranian youth; on Prime Minister Hoveyda’s projects for the youth and their balance-sheets; preparations for the Asian Games of 1974; on the construction of the Olympic Village; on the construction industry in Iran; recollections of Prime Minister Hoveyda; experiences with the Revolution; life in exile.

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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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Ebtehaj-Samii, Nayyereh

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

Family and educational background; early interest in women’s rights; reaction of Iranian women to Reza Shah’s campaign against veiling; formation of women’s rights groups and their impact on government policy-making; political enfranchisement of women in 1963; participation in elections to the Majles; structure and mode of operation of Iran Novin Party; reminiscences of Amir Abbas Hoveyda; workings of the Majles; government’s position on women’s rights; Hoveyda’s views on the Rastakhiz Party; on the roots of the Revolution of 1978-79.

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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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