Our Crisis in Iran (video)
Item
-
Title
-
Our Crisis in Iran (video)
-
Description
-
(Mahnaz Afkhami, Carl Rowan)
-
A documentary from American journalist Carl Rowan (1925-2000) about rising political tensions in Iran released in 1978, one year before the revolution. Opens with a background history of the Iranian Revolution, including interviews with a student dissent the head of SAVAK, and Mohommad Reza Shah Pahlavi, who was still the king at the time of the interview.
[24:00 - 30:00] (approx.) Discussion of women's status, role in Iranian society, and the changes instituted under the Reza Shah's rule.
At the [27:00] mark there is an interview with Women's Learning Partnership founder Mahnaz Afkhami, who right up until the interview had been Minister of Women's Affairs and a member of the Iranian cabinet, before that position was abolished in an apparent attempt to appease rising fundamentalist anger.
The rest of the documentary is an account of the political events leading up to the Iranian revolution.
-
Subject
-
Revolution and Exile
-
Date
-
1978
-
Language
-
English
-
Coverage
-
Iran
-
Type
-
Documentary
-
Format
-
Unknown
-
Creator
-
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
-
Contributor
-
Unknown
-
Publisher
-
Women's Learning Partnership
-
Extent
-
01:46:29
-
Rights
-
The content of this website is made available for non-commercial personal or research use. It is the user’s responsibility to obtain any necessary copyright permissions for uses beyond fair use. In making this material available online, every effort is made to secure any necessary permissions from copyright holders. However, despite these safeguards, we recognize that material published online may be in breach of copyright laws. If you are concerned that you have found material on this website, for which you have not given permission, please contact us at wlp@learningpartnership.org stating the following:
• Your contact details
• The full details of the material
• The exact URL where you found the material
• Evidence that you are the rights holder
