Mohammad Mossadegh and the Future of Iran

DESCRIPTION

Mossadegh and the Future of Iran is a collection of articles from a Conference with the same name, which was held in May 3-6, 2001, in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh’s Government (1951-1953) in Iran, at Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Foreword, by Houshang Keshavarz Sadr, Former Social Science Researcher at Tehran University, Paris, France
• Mossadegh’s Premiership: Possibilities and Constraints, by Fakherddin Azimi, University of Connecticut, Storrs
• Mossadegh: Alive and Observant, by Ali Asghar Haj Seyed Javadi, Writer and Journalist, Paris, France
• Mossadegh, Oil Crisis and the Price of Independence, by Cyrus Bina, University of Minnesota, Morris
• Mossadegh and Iran’s Democratic Movement, by Mansur Farhang, Bently College, Vermont
• 1953 Coup in Iran, by Ervand Abrahamian, City University of New York, New York
• The British Confrontation with Mossadegh Government, by Fakherddin Azimi, University of Connecticut, Storrs
• National (Melli) Movement and Religious Forces, Ali Rahnama, American University of Paris, and Sharhram Ghanbari, Social Science Researcher, Paris
• Parliamentary Bills of the Mossadegh Government and their Social Bases and Ideals, by Ali Shahandeh, Legal Scholar, Stockholm, Sweden
• Legal Interpretation of Referendum, Dissolution of Parliament and Emergency Powers Under Mossadegh’s Permiership, by Iraj Pezeshkzad, Writer, Paris, France
• Human Rights and the Mossadegh Government, by Abdolkarim Lahiji, Human Rights Lawyer and Legal Scholar, Paris, France
• Upshot of Student Movement of July 1979 and its Future Prospects, by Mehrdad Darvishpour, Professor, Stockholm, Sweden
• A Reflection on Iran’s Student Movement in 1960-62, by Hamid Zolnoor, Former Member of Student Movement, Paris, France
• Learning about Micro Organizing from Mossadegh’s Experience and its Application for Iran, by Hamid Akbari, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago
• What is to be Learned from Mossadegh’s Experience for the Future, by Behrouz Moazami, New School University, New York
• Mossadegh and Constitutionalism, by Houshang Keshavarz Sadr, Former Social Science Researcher at Tehran University, Paris, France