Preliminary Inventory of the Iran Freedom Foundation records

Finding aid prepared by Samira Bozorgi

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

434 Galvez Mall

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu

URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives

Title: Iran Freedom Foundation records

Date (inclusive): 1966-1993

Collection Number: 93035

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: In English and Persian

Physical Description: 60 manuscript boxes, 3 cassette boxes, 1 open reel box, 3 oversize audio boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 oversize folder (27.8 Linear Feet)

Abstract: The collection relates to the Iranian revolution of 1979, subsequent political conditions and civil rights abuses in Iran, the Iran-Iraq War, Iranians in the United States and elsewhere, and American foreign policy toward Iran. It contains correspondence, press releases, appeals, clippings, speeches and writings, financial records, reports, bulletins, newsletters, pamphlets, serial issues, photographs, sound recordings, and videotapes. The collection includes some personal papers, 1966-1980, of Ali A. Tabatabai, founder of the organization, and material relating to his assassination.

Creator: Tabatabai, Ali Akbar, 1930-1980

Creator: Iran Freedom Foundation

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1993.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Iran Freedom Foundation records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Historical Note

The Iran Freedom Foundation (IFF) was formed in Bethesda, Maryland in October 1979. Prior to establishing the IFF, the organization's founder and president, Ali Akbar Tabatabai worked as director of the Foreign Relations Department of the Ministry of Information in Tehran and press attaché at the Iranian embassy in Washington, D.C., in the final years of the Shah's reign and under the leadership of Ambassador Ardeshir Zahedi (1977-1979). Ali Akbar Tabatabai was assassinated in July 1980 by Daoud Salahuddin (David Belfield) at the front door of his home in Maryland. After his assassination, Ali Akbar's identical twin brother, Mohammad Reza, took over the operations of the IFF.

The IFF supported a secular democracy in Iran and actively opposed the Islamic fundamentalist regime of Ayatollah Khomeini. Both Ali Akbar and Mohammad Reza frequently appeared on television and radio programs to promote awareness of human rights violations in Iran. In addition, the IFF disseminated information about Iran to members of the U.S. House and Senate as well as to members of the general public who wrote to the foundation with questions about Iran. The foundation worked closely with Iranian nationalist groups overseas, most notably Chapour Bakhtiar's National Movement of Iranian Resistance and Bahram Aryana's Azadegan.

Source:

"Iran Ex-Attaché, Khomeini Foe, Slain in the U.S." New York Times, July 23, 1980

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection relates to the Iranian revolution of 1979, subsequent political conditions and civil rights abuses in Iran, the Iran-Iraq War, Iranians in the United States and elsewhere, and American foreign policy toward Iran. It contains correspondence, press releases, appeals, clippings, speeches and writings, financial records, reports, bulletins, newsletters, pamphlets, serial issues, photographs, sound recordings, and videotapes. The collection includes some personal papers, 1966-1980, of Ali A. Tabatabai, founder of the organization, and material relating to his assassination.

The majority of the collection consists of clippings, subject files, and printed matter relating to political and social events within Iran and surrounding countries, Iranian foreign relations, and the experiences of Iranian émigrés in the United States. Among these materials are volumes of photocopied clippings from Tabatabai's time as press attaché for the Iranian embassy in Washington, D.C., covering the critical months leading up to the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran, November 1978 to February 1979. Subject files also contain clippings, press releases, and speeches relating to the assassination of Ali Akbar Tabatabai.

Following Ali Akbar Tabatabai's assassination, the Iran Freedom Foundation held several political rallies from 1981 to 1983 in support of secular democracy in Iran. While subject files contain flyers and speeches from these events, the publicity files include drafts of speeches and writings, press releases, and background information on the foundation's activities.

The Iran Freedom Foundation sponsored one of the first anti-Khomeini Persian-language radio programs in the United States on WLMD radio in Maryland. Referred to as both the Iranian Hour and Iran Freedom Movement radio, the program was used as a forum to disseminate information about Iran and unite Iranian émigrés in the United States. The collection contains recordings of broadcasts as well as radio program materials in the form of notes, research headlines, clippings, and financial records. Sound recordings are identified in the container list by their labels. However, the contents of the sound recordings may not match their labels.

Description of Major Groups

The collection is unarranged, but most materials fall into the following major groups.

Box Nos.	Groups
1, 3, 5, 9, 11-12, 15, 18, 20, 26, 29-30, 33, 36-38, 40-42, 45, 49, 51, 54	Publicity file, 1979-1984. Includes general background information, press releases, newsletters, bulletins, transcripts, speeches and writings, and notes
1-4, 8-13, 16,18, 20, 28-30, 32, 34, 38-39, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52	Subject file, 1967-1992. Consists of clippings, magazines, collected articles, correspondence, flyers, newsletters, bulletins, speeches, government documents, and writings
1-7, 11, 14, 26-36, 39-41, 44-45, 48-50, 52, 55	Clippings, 1971-1990. Consists of clippings from Iranian, American, and Saudi Arabian newspapers and magazines, mostly in English
1-9, 15-16, 18, 29, 33-34, 37-38, 47-49, 51, 53, 55 56-57	Printed matter, 1978-1993. Consists of newspapers, magazines, monographs, newsletters, and pamphlets
1, 3, 5, 10-11, 13, 15-16, 19, 29-30, 33, 36, 39, 41,48, 50, 56	Correspondence, 1979-1992. Consists mainly of letters sent and received, and enclosures
20-25, 32-33, 42, 48-49, 51	Press attaché of the Iranian embassy, Washington, D.C., materials, 1953, 1970-1979. Consists of memoranda, correspondence, clippings, notes, and photographs
19-20, 26, 40, 42-44	Radio program materials, 1981-1983, undated. Consists of notes, scripts, clippings, press summaries, and financial records relating to a Persian language program radio program in Maryland
8, 11, 16-18, 32, 40, 51	Photographs, 1970-1983, undated. Consists of prints and negatives
58-60	Video recordings, 1979-1981, undated. Contains recordings of interviews on U-matic videocassettes, arranged chronologically by subject
61-66	Sound recordings, 1979-circa 1987, undated. Compact sound cassettes and open reel tapes arranged by form then by title chronologically
67	Oversize materials, 1975-1990. Contains newspapers, posters, flyers, and a calendar

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988

Iran -- History -- Revolution, 1979

Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States

United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran

Iran -- Politics and government -- 1979-1997

Iran -- Emigration and immigration

Civil rights -- Iran

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Correspondence with White House and U.S. Department of State officials regarding Iran 1981-1986

box 1

Clippings and printed matter on Iran 1979-1987

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Iranian groups in exile newsletters and announcements 1987, undated

Subject file

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Assassination of A. A. Tabatabai 1980

box 1

Bakhtiar, Chapour 1979

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Iran--General undated

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Iran--Pre- and post-revolution 1979-1982

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Islamic Education Center, Washington, D.C. 1983-1985

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People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran 1984-1989

Publicity file

box 1

Transcripts of television and radio appearances 1979-1980

box 1

Iran Freedom Foundation (IFF) newsletters, advertisements, and activity report 1979-1982

box 2

Arya, newspaper 1981

box 2

Akhbar-i Iran, newspaper circa 1980

box 2

Azadegan newsletters 1981

box 2

Bakhtiar, Chapour newsletters 1979-1980

box 2

Clippings on Iran from American and Saudi Arabian newspapers 1981-1982

Scope and Contents note

In English

Subject file

box 2

Terrorism 1980-1984

box 2

Persian Gulf 1967, undated

box 3

Human rights in Iran 1980-1982

box 3

Iran--History undated

box 3

People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran 1983-1984

box 3

Personal security 1981

box 3

Printed matter relating to Iran and Iranian political groups 1985-1990

box 3

Clippings 1979-1984

Correspondence

box 3

General 1980

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White House and U.S. Department of State officials regarding Iran 1982-1985

Publicity file

box 3

Transcripts of television and radio appearances and other materials 1979-1980

box 3

Directory and mailings 1980

Subject file

box 4

American hostages in Iran 1980-1991

box 4

Assassination of A. A. Tabatabai 1980, undated

box 4

Human rights 1982

box 4

Iranian embassy auction circa 1980

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Khomeini and terrorism circa 1979-1984

box 4

McDonald, Larry P. 1978-1985

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Mohtashemi Pour, Ali Akbar circa 1986

box 4

People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran 1992-1993

box 4

Rushdie, Salman. Satanic Verses 1989

box 4

Executive Intelligence Review magazine 1979-1981

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Middle East People 1985

box 4

Clippings and extracts 1987

Publicity file

box 4

Speech at Iranian Freedom Foundation celebration 1983 August 4

box 4

General background materials and legal records 1979-1984

box 4

M. R. Tabatabai published writings 1992

Correspondence

box 5

General 1982-1989

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French and American government officials 1991-1992

box 5

Press activity 1984-1985

Printed matter

box 5

Gam, 1987-1990

box 5

Human Rights Watch newsletters 1990-1992

box 5

Middle East Watch newsletters 1990-1993

box 5

Clippings on Iran and Iranian émigrés 1989-1990

box 6

The Washington Post newspapers and clippings 1979

box 6

Iranian groups in exile newsletters and mailings 1988-1990

box 6

Events attended 1989

box 7

Printed matter and clippings on Iran-Iraq War, Khomeini, and U.S. policy in the Middle East 1978-1982

box 8

Photograph of A. A. Tabatabai undated

Subject file

box 8

Afghanistan 1980

box 8

Khomeini and post-revolution analysis 1980-1982

Printed matter

box 8

Iranian newspapers 1981

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Magazines and newspapers relating to American hostages in Iran 1980

box 9

Iranian groups in exile newsletters 1980-1984

box 9

Iranian newspapers 1980-1981

Subject file

box 9

Amnesty International 1981-1983

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Bakhtiar, Chapour undated

box 9

Iranian Committee for Democratic Action and Human Rights 1980-1981

box 9

Junbish-i Najat-i Iran 1981

box 9

Moslem Students Society undated

Publicity file

box 9

Drafts of advertisements for newspapers undated

box 9

Transcripts of television and radio appearances 1979 November

box 9

Press releases and statements 1979-1982

box 9

Notes and miscellaneous 1981

box 9

Pamphlets on Marxism, communist groups in Iran, and Islam 1977

Correspondence

box 10

General 1980-1984

box 10

Amini, Ali 1983-1985

box 10

U.S. senators and governors 1980-1984

Publicity file

box 10

Directory of Iranian officials 1979-1980

box 10

Newsletters, press releases, and related materials 1980-1984

Subject file

box 10

Anjuman-i islami-i danishjuyan dar amrika va kanada 1985

box 10

Anti-Khomeini demonstrations 1980

box 10

Ball, George W. 1981

box 10

Banisadr, Abolhasan 1981

box 10

Board of Directors 1981

box 10

Chirik'ha-yi Fada'i-i Khalq-i Iran 1984

box 10

Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Iran 1981

box 10

Executive Intelligence Review 1982

box 10

Foreign Affairs International 1982

box 10

Guruh-i Vahdat-i Milli-i Iran 1982

box 10

Hizb-i Pan Iranist 1982

box 10

Iran-Sun 1982 May

box 10

Jebhe-yi Milliyun Inqilab-i Iran 1982

box 10

Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) 1983

box 10

Political cartoons undated

box 10

Rajai, Mohammad Ali undated

box 10

Semkus, Charles Ismail, clippings and correspondence 1979-1982

box 11

Legal documents 1982-1984

Subject file

box 11

Aryana, Bahram 1981-1982

box 11

Immigration and refugees 1984

box 11

Iranian National Unity Organization 1981-1982

box 11

People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran issuances and publications 1981-1985

Scope and Contents note

Includes materials from the Moslem Students Society

box 11

Transcripts from news programs regarding Iran 1979-1980

box 11

Publicity file, general 1979

box 11

Clippings 1971-1985

Correspondence

box 11

Copies of cables sent to President Jimmy Carter by IFF 1979-1980

box 11

Arab officials 1985

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Members of U.S. Senate and House of Representatives 1980-1984

box 11

Photograph of demonstration and firing squad undated

Publicity file

box 12

Letter from IFF to Saddam Hussein, photocopy 1983

box 12

Letters to the editor 1981

box 12

Drafts of writings 1982

Subject file

box 12

Anti-Khomeini demonstrations 1980-1983

box 12

Assassination of A. A. Tabatabai 1980

Scope and Contents note

Includes condolence letters

box 12

People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran 1981-1985

box 12

Women in the Islamic Republic of Iran undated

box 13

Anderson, Jack 1983-1984

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Front for the Liberation of Iran newsletters

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Iranian National Unity Organization newsletters 1981

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Islamic Center, Washington 1983

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Kashm undated

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Khoie, Fereydoin and the "Iranian Democratic Party," 1981

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Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah 1984

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Lubbock, Jay Harris 1979

box 13

Mortazavi, Ali 1980

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Payam'ha-yi Hambastegi 1982

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People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran 1984

box 13

Political cartoons 1981

box 13

Sazman-i Avargan-i Iran notes undated

box 13

Unification Church 1982

box 13

Newsletters and collected materials relating to Iran 1979-1984

box 13

Correspondence. Telegrams 1981

Scope and Contents note

Includes several telegrams to President Ronald Reagan after assassination attempt and to Reza Shah II

box 13

Iranian diplomatic passport of A. A. Tabatabai, photocopy 1979

box 13

Commentary on hostage crisis 1980s

box 14

Clippings on Iran from Saudi Arabian newspapers 1979-1980

box 14

Assassination of A. A. Tabatabai 1980

box 14

Notes and drafts of writings 1980

Correspondence

box 15

General 1979-1984

box 15

Amini, Ali 1982-1983

box 15

Powell, Diana Kearney 1981-1983

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Semkus, Charles Ismail 1981-1982

box 15

Publicity file. Press releases, letters to the editor, and related materials 1981-1982

Printed matter

box 15

Iranian newspapers 1981

box 15

Executive Intelligence Review and related publications 1984

box 15

Smith, Terence. "Iran: Five Years of Fanaticism" New York Times Magazine 1983

box 16

Gām, 1989-1991

box 16

Newspapers and newsletters 1990-1992

box 16

Correspondence 1984-1991

box 16

Subject file. Immigration and refugees 1982-1984

Photographs

box 16

Candid shots of gathering at Islamic Center, Washington, D.C. circa 1983

Scope and Contents note

Includes negatives

box 17

Candid shots of gathering at Islamic Center, Washington, D.C. circa 1983

box 17

International Day of Quds demonstration 1982 July 16

box 17

Aerial views of Islamic Education Center circa 1982

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Pro-Khomeini demonstrations circa 1982

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Paykar demonstration? 1982 July 16

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Pro-democracy in Iran demonstrations circa 1983

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Fereydoun Farrokhzad concert 1983

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Personal and family 1960s-1980s

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Victims of revolutionary fighting in Iran 1978

Printed matter

box 18

Semkus, Charles Ismail. The Fall of Iran, 1978-1979: An Historical Anthology. New York: Copen Press 1979

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"Influence of Perceptions of Shia Islam in the U.S.: 1978-1984," student dissertation undated

box 18

Subject file. Human rights in Iran 1982

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Publicity file. General information and plans for nationalist counter-revolution in Iran 1980

box 19

Radio program materials 1981 October-November

Scope and Contents note

Includes notes, drafts, news clippings, and invoices from a Persian-language radio program on WLMD

Correspondence

box 19

Press and media 1980

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Buchanan, Pat and other government officials 1979-1985

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Subject file. Anti-khomeini demonstrations 1982-1983

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Inspection report, "Contract Administration Services Security Assistance Program, Iran," Office of the Inspector General of Foreign Assistance 1976

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Publicity file, general 1979-1980

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Institute for International Politics and Economic Studies-Stanford Research Institute "Symposium on Iran in 1980's" conference materials 1977 October 4-6

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Printed matter and clippings circa 1983

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Revolutionary poems circa 1979

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Radio program materials undated

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Press attaché of the Iranian embassy, Washington, D.C., clippings file 1979 January

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Press attaché of the Iranian embassy, Washington, D.C., clippings file 1978 November-1979 February

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Press attaché of the Iranian embassy, Washington, D.C., clippings file 1978 November-1979 February

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Press attaché of the Iranian embassy, Washington, D.C., clippings file, 1978 November-1979 February

box 24

Press attaché of the Iranian embassy, Washington, D.C., clippings file 1978 November-1979 February

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Press attaché of the Iranian embassy, Washington, D.C., clippings file 1978 November-1979 February

Publicity file

box 26

General 1979-1981

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Drafts of speeches and writings by M. R. Tabatabai undated

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Radio program materials 1982-1983

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Clippings and collected materials on terrorism 1984

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Clippings 1982

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Collected materials on Khomeini 1979

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Printed matter. Iranian groups in exile newsletters 1982

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Letters of appreciaton for donations 1980

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Notebooks and appointment book 1985, undated

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Subject file. Iran-Iraq War 1982-1984

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Publicity file. IFF correspondence, press releases, and other materials 1979-1983

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Clippings 1984

Correspondence

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Helms, Jesse 1984

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Semkus, Charles Ismail 1978-1979

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Publicity file. Activity report 1980 May

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Clippings 1978-1979

Printed matter

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Aryana, Bahram. Pour Une Ethique Iranienne. Paris: Conti-Fayolle 1981

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Junbish newspaper 1981-1985

box 29

Profile of Iran Special Edition Vol. 2, No. 12 1978

Scope and Contents note

Book published by the Iranian embassy in Washington detailing the relationship between Iran and the United States, released upon the Shah's visit with President Carter

box 29

Voice of Iran, newspaper 1984

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Notes and miscellaneous undated

Subject file

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Radio and television stations in Maryland 1985

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Human rights and socio-political state in Iran 1979-1980

box 29

Congressional pictorial directories 1981-1983

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Afghanistan--Islamic Unity of Afghanistan Mujahideen 1984

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Assassination of A. A. Tabatabai 1980

Scope and Contents note

Includes materials relating to Richard Hirschfield

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Iran Teacher's Association 1981-1982

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Israel--Sale of arms to Khomeini 1982

box 30

Hostages 1991, undated

box 30

Naipaul, V.S. articles 1981

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Clippings from The Washington Post related to Pat Buchanan, Middle East politics, the Soviet Union, and United States foreign policy 1984

box 30

Correspondence with U.S. Senators and government officials 1979-1985

box 30

Publicity file. Letters to the editor, press releases, and speeches 1979-1984

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Notes and miscellaneous 1980, undated

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Alahazrat Reza Shah II clippings, transcripts of speeches, and related materials 1984-1988

Scope and Contents note

See also Sound recordings--Compact sound cassettes

drawer L03

Alahazrat Reza Shah II clippings, transcripts of speeches, and related materials (continued) 1984-1988

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Clippings on Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, and Israel 1984

Press attaché of the Iranian embassy, Washington, D.C. 1953-1970s

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General correspondence and memoranda 1960s-1970s

box 32

Zahedi, Ardeshir. "Five Decisive Days," drafts, research materials, and printed copy undated

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Scrapbooks of clippings and photographs of A. A. Tabatabai in press conferences 1970

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Clippings on coup 1953

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Telegrams from A. A. Tabatabai to Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi upon his arrival in the U.S. 1979

Subject file

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Iranian history 1975

box 32

Reza Shah II 1982

Printed matter

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Quarterly Economic Review of Iran 1977

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Reader's Digest 1980-1985

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Press attaché of the Iranian embassy, Washington, D.C., correspondence, press contacts, and stationery 1979

Correspondence

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Aziz, Tariq letter to Secretary General of the United Nations 1988

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Khalatbari, Ali Akbar 1978

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Pakravan, Saideh 1980

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Clippings on terrorism, Iran, and U.S. foreign relations 1983-1988

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Subject file. Iran-Iraq War undated

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Publicity file. "U.S. Government Communications and Documents," 1984

Scope and Contents note

Includes copies of cables sent to President Carter and IFF press releases

box 33

Notes and miscellany undated

box 34

Letters received, general 1987-1989

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Clippings and newspapers 1981

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Printed matter. Gam 1987-1988

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Publicity file. Activity report research materials 1979-1980

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Subject file. Anti-Khomeini demonstration materials and speeches 1980-1982

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Contacts and mailing lists undated

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Clippings 1984

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Desk calendar and address book 1980

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Drafts of speeches on war, oil, terrorism, and Khomeini 1980

box 35

Financial records 1980

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Letters received, general 1980-1981

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A. A. Tabatabai personal file 1974-1979

box 36

Subject file. Islamic Education Center 1985

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Clippings on Iran and Iraq 1980-1982

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence with Charles Ismail Semkus

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Correspondence 1981-1987

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Drafts of writings undated

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Miscellaneous printed matter 1985

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Publicity file. Background and press releases 1979-1980

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Collected materials and newsletters regarding Iran, Khomeini, the Revolution, human rights, and the Shah 1979-1984

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Contract between A. A. Tabatabai and U.S. Joint Publications Research Service 1979

Publicity file

box 37

Letters to the editor 1981, 1985

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Contacts and mailing lists 1980

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Solicitation for contributions to IFF 1980

Printed matter

box 37

America's Future 1980

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Vote newsletter 1980

box 38

Pamphlets of excerpts from speeches and interviews with Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi 1976-1977

box 38

Iranian groups in exile newsletters and publications 1987-1990

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Al-Jihad magazine 1993

Subject file

box 38

Assassination of A. A. Tabatabai. Letter to President Bush 1990

box 38

Bakhtiar, Chapour 1980

box 38

Constitutional Councils, U.S. Chapter 1985

box 38

Directory of ambassadors and other officials, by country undated

box 38

Farhang, Mansour and pro-Khomeini activities in the United States undated

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Iran-Iraq War--Child soldiers 1984

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Islamic groups in the U.S. newsletters 1992-1993

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Pahlavi, Farah. Statement on first anniversary of death of Mohammad Reza Shah 1981

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Miscellaneous 1989

Publicity file

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Drafts of writings undated

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General 1979-1980

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Plans for nationalist counter-revolution in Iran 1981

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Notes undated

Subject file

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Anti-Khomeini demonstration flyer 1980 June

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Assassination of A. A. Tabatabai 1980

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Bakhtiar, Chapour. Speeches, writings, and related materials 1978-1981

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Clippings on Iran 1992

box 39

Publicity file. Letters to IFF from President-elect Bill Clinton and Vice President-elect Al Gore 1993

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Correspondence and list of contacts 1992-1993

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Notes undated

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Press reports on the Shah leaving Iran 1978-1979

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Miscellaneous. Human rights in Iran, hostages, clippings 1980

box 40

Newspapers and clippings 1980-1982

box 40

Radio program materials, drafts and notes undated

Publicity file

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Draft of mission statement and purpose of IFF undated

box 40

Activity report research materials 1979-1980

Scope and Contents note

Includes clippings and other documents supporting the activities of the IFF

box 40

Subject file. Assassination of A. A. Tabatabai 1980

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Photographs of anti-Khomeini demonstration 1982

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Clippings related to Bakhtiar assassination plot, Iran's clerical leaders, and U.S.-Iranian relations 1980 June-July

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Sketch of A. A. Tabatabai 1980

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"Law and Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran; a Report Covering Events Within the Seven Month Period Following the Revolution of February 1979," Amnesty International 1980

Publicity file

box 41

Letters, speeches, and other materials 1979-1984

Scope and Contents note

Includes legal records and activity reports

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Transcripts of television and radio appearances 1979-1980

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A. A. Tabatabai personal correspondence 1979

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Press attaché of the Iranian embassy, Washington, D.C. correspondence, memoranda, and other materials 1966-1979

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Publicity file. Newsletters, speeches, and other materials 1981-1983

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Radio program materials 1982-1983

Scope and Contents note

Includes headlines, clippings, scripts, and notes

box 43

Radio program materials 1982-1983

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Radio program materials 1982

box 44

Newspapers and clippings on arms, oil, and illiteracy in Iran 1975

Subject file

box 44

Islamic revolution--Early years 1980

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Iran, 2500 year celebration 1971

Scope and Contents note

Includes information about Iran published under the Shah. In French and English

box 45

Publicity file. Transcripts of radio and television appearances, clippings, and cables 1979-1980

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Iranian politics and history materials 1964, 1971, undated

Subject file

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Human rights in Iran 1984

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Sadat, Anwar 1980-1981

Publicity file

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Mailing lists and contacts undated

box 46

Research materials for interviews 1979-1989

Scope and Contents note

Includes newspapers, newswires, and notes

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"Report of the Staff's Study of Alleged Misconduct by Members of the House of Representatives Involving the Former Government of Iran," photocopy 1979 October 24

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Printed matter. Time, Newsweek, and other popular magazines featuring articles on the Shah, Iranian politics, and American involvement in the region 1968-1987

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Bakhtiar, Chapour communiqué, photocopy 1981 January

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Printed matter from Iranian nationalist groups 1983

box 48

Correspondence. Letters received, general 1984-1985

Subject file

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Aghilipour, H., Colonel 1984-1986

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Assassination of A. A. Tabatabai 1980

box 48

Rushdie, Salman. Satanic Verses 1989

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Terrorism 1985

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Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza, Shah of Iran 1976-1979

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News wires and news clippings 1979 February-March

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Press attaché of the Iranian embassy, Washington, D.C. file 1960s-1970s

box 48

Notes, drafts of writings, and miscellaneous

Printed matter

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Iran: In Defense of Human Rights. National Movement of the Iranian Resistance monograph 1983

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Clippings and printed matter on the Islamic revolution 1979-1987

Publicity file

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Press contacts undated

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A. A. Tabatabai business cards 1966-1979

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Lists of Iranian organizations and publications undated

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Drafts of speeches by M. R. Tabatabai, typescripts 1981-1986

box 49

Darui, Farzad 1984

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Stamps undated

box 49

Zahedi, Ardeshir curriculum vita and Iranian embassy correspondence and memoranda 1966-1978

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence, clippings, and Congressional Record documents relating to Senator Larry MacDonald's support of Iran and denunciation of the Iranian Student Association in the United States

box 50

Research materials and notes for interviews undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes clippings and IFF newsletters

Subject file

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Death of Khomeini 1989

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Anti-Khomeini demonstration planning materials 1981-1983

box 50

Zahedi, Ardeshir 1977

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Correspondence. Letters received, general 1983-1986

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Lyndon LaRouche comments on Khomeini regime 1982

box 51

Publicity file. Newsletters, correspondence, and related materials 1982-1986

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Publicity file. Newsletters, correspondence, and related materials 1982-1986

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Printed matter. Iranian groups in exile newsletters and publications 1980-1983

box 51

Press attaché of the Iranian embassy, Washington, D.C. correspondence and memoranda 1977-1982

box 51

Photographs. Senator Jesse Helms undated

box 51

Research materials on Iran 1980

box 51

Notes undated

box 51

A. A. Tabatabai personal file 1974-1979

box 51

Miscellany, receipts, map, magazine

Subject file

box 52

Iranian exile groups 1981

box 52

Return of hostages 1981

box 52

Braun, Jonathan ( The Jewish Weekly) correspondence and articles 1978

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence with Ardeshir Zahedi and A. A. Tabatabai

box 52

Clippings 1980

box 53

Printed matter by or related to Lyndon LaRouche, including issues of Executive Intelligence Review and Investigative Leads 1980-1984

box 53

"Census of Claims Against Iran" and "Census of Blocked Iranian Assets," Office of Foreign Assets Control, United States Department of the Treasury undated

Publicity file

box 54

Clippings, transcripts, and other materials 1978-1980

Scope and Contents note

Includes transcripts of radio and television appearances relating to the revolution, Carter's policies, and the aftermath

box 54

Transcript of program aired 1/9/81 Laura Hall Show KAYO M. R. Tabatabai" 1981

Separated Materials

Audio cassette has been removed and added to box MC14.

Scope and Contents

Audiocassette tape and related correspondence.

Printed matter

box 55

"Islamic Terror in U.S.?," The Washington Times 1985 June 20

box 55

Iranian and American newspapers and magazines 1980-1983

Scope and Contents note

Includes Reader's Digest, Ashghar Agha, Harakat, Ghiam-i Iran

box 55

Clippings and other research materials on Khomeini 1984-1985

box 56

Iranian newspapers 1980-1984

box 57

Iranian newspapers 1980-1986

Video recordings 1979-1981 undated

Scope and Contents note

Contains recordings of interviews on U-matic videocassettes, arranged chronologically by subject or title

box 58

"Iran Freedom Foundation Interview...Parts 1-4. Ali Tabatabai with Brad Edwards," undated

box 58

"Iran Freedom Foundation: Panorama, WTTG TV (5), Washington, D.C.: A Discussion of Iran. Host: Ken Alvord. Guests: Ali Tabatabai, et al.," 1979 November 12

box 58

"Iran Freedom Foundation: CBS News Special Report: 'The Crisis in Iran--The Oil Cut-Off,' An Interview With Ali Tabatabai, WDVM TV/CBS Network," 1979 November 12

box 59

Ali A. Tabatabai interview 1979 November 12

box 59

"Interview with Mr. Ali A. Tabatabai, News Center Four, WNBC TV," 1980 April 23

Scope and Contents note

2 copies

box 60

"Interview with Ali A. Tabatabai of Iran, News Center Four, WNBC TV," 1980 April 25

box 60

"Cable Network News Interview, Freeman Show, Mr. Tabatabai," 1981 August 31

Sound recordings 1979-circa 1987, undated

Scope and Contents note

Compact sound cassettes and open reel tapes arranged by form then by subject chronologically

Compact sound cassettes 1979-circa 1987

Interviews featuring Ali Akbar Tabatabai or Mohammad Reza Tabatabai 1979-1984, undated

box 61

"A. A. Tabatabai, [Laura] Hall interview," undated

box 61

"Ali A. Tabatabai interview with Dave Williams," undated

box 61

"Ali A. Tabatabai interview with Pat Buchanan and Dr. Bakhtiar on WRC Radio," undated

box 61

"Interview, WAZA FM Radio," 1979 November 15

"Interview with R. Day, WRC Radio NBC, 12:25-12:35," 1979 November 16

box 61

"Tabatabai interview with John Cooley (radio)-ABC," 1979 October 10

box 61

Side 1: "Interview with Barbara Lamont (CBS-Radio-NY) regarding changing of foreign minister," 1979 November 28 and "Interview with Jim Bohannon (WRC-NBC)," 1979 November 29; "Jim Bohannon interview, WRC Radio," 1979 December 3?

box 61

"Ali A. Tabatabai Jackson Bain interview"

box 61

"Interview Ali A. Tabatabai duplicate"

box 61

"Ali A. Tabatabai interview hostage crisis," circa 1980

box 61

LKS? 1980 January 5

Scope and Contents note

5 cassettes

box 61

"Ali Tabatabai on Laura Hall Show," 25 minutes 1980 March 31

box 61

"WRC, 4/9/80, 6-7 PM," 1980 April 9

box 61

"WRC Radio, Joel A. Spivak," 1980 April 10

box 61

"Spivak with Ali Tabatabai," 1980 July 16

box 61

"Mohammad Tabatabai," 1980 September 24

box 61

"Kevin Joyce-Tabatabai interview, WXYZ Detroit Radio," 1980 September 27

box 61

1981 July 22

box 61

"Pierre Salinger interview, Nightline," 1981 July 29?

box 61

"Radio WPFW Washington, D.C., Mohammad Reza Tabatabai"; "Seda-i Azadi Iran, Mohammad Reza Tabatabai"

box 61

"Commentary, M. R. Tabatabai WLMD Radio Persian Program Washington, D.C.," 1982 January 17

box 61

"M. Tabatabai-Dr. Amini," 1983 September 22

box 61

"Mohammad Reza Tabatabai-Radio Azadi Iran," 1984

Dr. Chapour Bakhtiar interviews and related recordings 1979-1982, undated

box 61

Unlabeled undated

Scope and Contents note

4 cassettes

box 61

"Chapour Bakhtiar," undated

box 61

"Payam-i Doktor Bakhtiar...," undated undated

box 61

"Bakhtiar message on Norouz (New Years)," undated

box 61

"Dr. Bakhtiar," undated

box 61

"Navar Shumareh-yi Divvum-i Doktor Bakhtiar (Tape #2 of Dr. Bakhtiar)," undated

box 61

"Matn-i Payam-i Doktor Shapour Bakhtiar...," undated

box 61

"Navar Shumareh-yi 6 Agha-yi Shapour Doktor Bakhtiar," undated

box 61

"Neal Boortz Show WRNG, Atlanta, Georgia with Dr. Chapour Bakhtiar," undated

box 61

"Dr. Ganji, Gen. Shojaei, Bakhtiar, etc." undated

box 61

"Dr. Chapour Bakhtiar," 1979 October

Scope and Contents note

3 cassettes

box 62

John K. Cooley telephone interview with Chapour Bakhtiar," 1979

box 62

"KAYO Bakhtiar Interview," 1980 April 11

box 62

"Dr. Bakhtiar Telephone Conversation," 1982 May 27

box 62

Alahazrat Reza Shah II recordings circa 1982-circa 1987

Scope and Contents note

See Boxes 31 and 32 for transcripts of some recordings. 27 cassettes

box 62

Death threats received by A. A. and M. R. Tabatabai circa 1980-1984, undated

Scope and Contents note

7 cassettes

box 63

Death threat received by A. A. and M. R. Tabatabai 1984

box 63

Voice of Freedom and Voice of America radio program recordings 1984, undated

Scope and Contents note

9 cassettes

Other recordings 1979-1986 undated

box 63

"Mansur Rafizadeh on The Larry King Show," undated

box 63

"Navār-i 4 Payām-i Noruzī," undated

box 63

General Amiri undated

box 63

"Bruce Henderson," undated

box 63

"Guruh-i Vahdat-i Millī-i Iran, GRMI," undated

box 63

Unlabeled undated

box 63

"Neghab (Mask), Paris-Washington tel.," undated

box 63

Amir'Abbas Huvayda on The Larry King Show, WTOP Radio, 5/6," undated

Scope and Contents note

2 cassettes

box 63

"1979," undated

box 63

"McNeal and Leherer Report," 1981 January 21

box 63

Barbara Walters interviews Saddam Hussein 1981 July 1

box 63

Nightline, Marvin Zonis, ABC 1981 August 12

box 63

Bahram Aryana 1981 November 25

box 63

"Letter to the Editor, Washington Post," 1981 December 28

box 63

Untitled 1982 March 7-9

box 63

"Bahram Aryana to Turkey," 1982 March 18

box 63

"Bahram Aryana to Turkey," 1982 March 19

box 63

Untitled 1982 June 2

box 63

"General Aryana-Ankara, Turkey," 1982 June 23

box 63

"M. R. Tabatabai I.F.F., General Aryana-Ankara," 1982

box 63

1982 July 6-14 1982

box 63

Ghotbzadeh execution, Nightline 1982 September 16

box 63

"Telephone call to Dr. Ali Amini (Paris from Washington)," 1982 January 18; "Assad Homayoun-Kazemian, Darui's file," 1982 January 18

box 63

Barbara Walters interview 1985 January

box 63

1985

box 63

Nightline, on arms sales to Iran 1986 December 18

box 63

"Terrorism and the Washington Target-WMAL," 1986 August 26

box 63

Payām-i Sarhang-i Doktor Aghlipour beh Millat-i Irān: Mordād 1367"

box 63

Unlabeled undated

Scope and Contents note

2 cassettes

box MC14

Transcript of program aired 1/9/81 Laura Hall Show KAYO M. R. Tabatabai

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette.

Separated Materials

Separated from box 54.

box MC14

Sound recording

Physical Description: 2 compact sound cassettes.

7-inch open reels 1982-1983 undated

box 64

"No. 2," undated

box 64

Iranian music programming undated

box 64

"Saturday October 30, Subject: Laura-Grass Roots," undated

box 64

"Dr. Ansari," undated

box 64

"First Baptist Church," 1982 October

box 64

"Insight week of..." 1983 April 24

box 64

"Insight week of...," 1983 June 19

box 64

"Unlabeled," undated

Scope and Contents note

12 reels

10-inch open reels 1981-1983, undated

box 65

"Iranian Hour," undated

box 65

"Iranian Hour Program," 59+ minutes undated

box 65

"Barnāmeh Shumārah-yi 2," undated

box 65

"Iran Freedom Movement (I.F.M.) WLMD" 56 minutes 1981 August 9

box 65

"I.F.M." 58 minutes 1981 October 4

box 65

"I.F.M. WLMD," 42 minutes," 1981 October 18

box 65

"I.F.M. WLMD" 56 minutes 1981 October 25

box 65

"I.F.M. WLMD" 57 minutes 1981 November 1

box 65

"I.F.M. WLMD" 58 minutes 1981 November 27

box 65

"I.F.M. WLMD" 45 minutes 1981 December 6

box 66

"I.F.M. WLMD" 45 minutes 1981 December 13

box 66

"I.F.M. WLMD" 48 minutes 1981 December 20

box 66

"I.F.M. WLMD" 46 minutes 1981 December 27

box 66

"I.F.M. WLMD" 53 minutes 1982 January 10

box 66

"I.F.M." 52 minutes 1982 January 17

box 66

"I.F.M. Sunday Radio WLMD" 58 minutes 1982 February 21

box 66

"I.F.M. Sunday Radio WLMD" 60 minutes 1982 February 28

box 66

"I.F.M." 1982 March 14

box 66

"Tape 1," 1982 May 9

box 66

"Tape 2," 1982 May 9

box 66

"Iranian Hour Program," 50+ minutes 1982 July 25

box 66

"Unlabeled," 1982 November 28

box 68

"5/29/83," 1983 May 29

box 68

"Iranian Hour Sunday 26th," 1983 June 25

box 68

"I.F.M.," 58 minutes 1983 November 22

box 68

Unlabeled undated

Scope and Contents note

9 reels

Oversize materials 1975-1990 undated

Newspapers 1975-1990

box 67

Iran Free Press, vol. 4, no. 4 1975 February-March

Scope and Contents note

Official publication of the Free Republic of Iran

box 67

Bethesda Almanac, vol. 2, no. 50 1990 July 26

Scope and Contents note

Includes article about the 10 year anniversary of assassination of A. A. Tabatabai

box 67

Montgomery Journal 1985 June 27-28

Scope and Contents note

Includes articles regarding Islamic Education Center

box 67

Islamic Unity of Afghanistan Mujahideen posters and calendars 1984

box 67

Anti-Khomeini bulletin published by the World Association of Iranian Monarchist Students undated

box 67

Flyer for event on Iran at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School undated

box 67

Iran Freedom Foundation announcement welcoming American hostages home, draft and published copy 1981

box 67

Poster depicting a sketch of a man about to be executed, issued by the Arash Kamangir Organization undated

Scope and Contents note

2 copies

box 67

Poster issued by the Constitutional Councils U.S. Chapter undated

box 67

Poster depicting an executed man with the caption "Human Rights Under Tyranny of Ruhollah Khomeini," 1980s

Scope and Contents note

2 copies