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...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...
According to estimates of organizations such as the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, there are now 100,000 political prisoners in Iran, most of whom have been jailed for criticizing or otherwise opposing the dictatorship of Shah Reza Pahlavi. Many of these prisoners are Iran's most gifted writers, artists, poets, intellectuals and university professors...
...speech which appears on this page, Dr. Reza Baraheni discusses the power of Iran's secret police force (SAVAK). People who wonder what the members of a 70,000 member secret police force do in a nation with a 35,000,000 population are often surprised to learn that there is a member of SAVAK in every university classroom to single out students whose opinions differ with those expressed in the conventional texts...
Clearly, Shah Reza Pahlavi has much to gain through Harvard's cooperation in an Iranian research center. The Shah hopes that by dealing with prestigious American universities such as Harvard he can promote his own image, and that of his nation as being democratic, freedom-loving and in favor of economic and social development...