Word: reza
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Reza Baraheni, Iran's most prominent modern poet and literary critic, spoke February 26 at a meeting in defense of Iranian political prisoners. The meeting, held at Columbia University in New York and attended by 300 persons, was sponsored by the Committee for Artistic and Intellectual Freedom in Iran [CAIFI...
...reaction was checked during Dr. Mossadegh's premiership (1951-53), when the mass movement gained momentum once more around the issue of nationalizing the foreign oil monopolies. But the CIA moved in and mobilized all the reactionaries, the fascists of the Reza Shah era, and the coup of 1953 put an end to democracy...
...million that Harvard would receive from the Iranian government in return for its assistance in planning Reza Shah Kabir University (RSKU) would undoubtably benefit Harvard's faculty and students. Many people believe that because RSKU would function as a research center, it would benefit not only Harvard, but the Iranian populace as well. To correct these misconceptions I would like to explain briefly how the Iranian educational system operates, and what benefits the Iranian and United States governments would receive from Harvard's participation in a research center...
...barter arrangement makes eminently good sense for the Iranians. Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi has ordered $12 billion worth of military equipment from manufacturers in the U.S. and Europe. Despite the nation's vast oil wealth, it is having cash-flow problems. It will post a $2.4 billion budget deficit this year, mainly because world demand for oil remains well below expectations. Bartering would thus allow Iran to employ its excess oil production capacity and use the crude instead of cash to pay for the planes...
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi assumed power in Iran in 1953 after a coup sponsored by the CIA; since then, Iran has been run as a virtual police state, and its educational system has come under increasing control by the repressive regime. Curriculum is strictly controlled by the state, and professors who express views opposing those of the regime are tortured until they recant. The Shah is friendly with the United States, however; apparently that's all Harvard has cared about since it began its $1.5 million involvement in Iran...