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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...
...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...
...announcement last week that Harvard has signed a new $425,000 contract with the government of Iran to formulate a "Master Plan" for the proposed 500-student Reza Shah Kabir graduate research facility came as a surprise to no one. Harvard has now been involved in the Iranian project for a year and a half, and the continuation of the undertaking into this next stage represents a show of confidence on the part of the Iranian government--that Harvard, for the right price, will do the bidding of even the most totalitarian regime. Harvard acknowledges the totalitarian nature...
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...
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi has tried to crack down on corruption. Recently, 17,000 Tehran shopkeepers, butchers, grocers and other small businessmen were arrested for price gouging. A new law combats pol-e-chah by making contractors submit affidavits revealing payments to local middlemen and influence peddlers. Various other laws aim at redistributing wealth. Businessmen must now turn over 20% of their profits to their workers, and employees are allowed to buy as much as 49% ownership in their companies...