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[News Clip: Hostages] captions transcript

[News Clip: Hostages]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: November 18, 1979, 4:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Political Development in Iran, 1905-1978 (open access)

Political Development in Iran, 1905-1978

The constitutional revolution of 1905 is seen to result from the impact of Western political values on Iran's traditional society. Reza Shah's dictatorship is explained in the context of compromise between feudalism and growing capitalism. The roles and interactions of nationalism, religion, communism and political parties in Iran, particularly during 1945-1953, shows they were the reflection of profound changes within society. The Shah's policies were politically motivated; they caused social dislocation and the politicization of the peasantry. The regime's failure to respond to these forces brought about its isolation. We confirm Huntington's concept of political development and decay. Iran's changes of discontinuity and violence are seen clearly. This study recommends the strengthening of the political channels of communication for Iran.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Nassirian, Mohammad Mehdi
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph 2012.201.B1292.0226]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Jacob and Jo Ann Touchstone, along with their sin, Stephan, were recently airlifted out of Iran during theat country's political turmoil."
Date: 1979
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Demographic Analysis of Female Participation in the Iranian Labor Force, 1956-1966 (open access)

A Demographic Analysis of Female Participation in the Iranian Labor Force, 1956-1966

The purpose of this study is to analyze the participation of females in the labor force of Iran between 1956 and 1966. Selected demographic variables are age, educational attainment, employment rates, and marital status. The data are from the national censuses of 1956 and 1966. The traditional female roles are discussed. The findings of the study indicate that female participation rates increased in the educational, economical and political fields. There are indications that sex roles are being modified as related to urbanization and industrialization.
Date: August 1978
Creator: Saidi, Shahla
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Educational Levels and Economic Activity in Iran, 1966-1972 (open access)

Educational Levels and Economic Activity in Iran, 1966-1972

This investigation is an analysis of the educational levels of the labor force from 1966 to 1972. The distribution of the employed who are educated by a major group of economic activities and occupations are studied. The educational levels of the employed by main classes of workers are analyzed. The unemployed by educational categories of the labor force in different areas of the country are also analyzed. Data are for Iran, 1966-1972.
Date: August 1978
Creator: Rivani, Hossein
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oil and the Iranian Economy (open access)

Oil and the Iranian Economy

This study is concerned with the relationship between the Iranian Oil Industry and Iranian economy. Oil revenues have been the largest source for financing economic development plans and for obtaining foreign exchange. In this paper, the history of the Iranian oil industry is summarized, and five previously implemented developmental plans are analyzed. Additionally, the impact of oil on some economic sectors and its contribution to GNP is examined. The strong correlation between oil reserves and the economy may bring a problem in the future when oil reserves run out. Iranian economists believe that the economy must be industrialized in order to reduce the economy's reliance on oil. This paper recommends that all the economic sectors, particularly agriculture, should receive careful consideration, even though the national goal is to industrialize the economy.
Date: August 1978
Creator: Rassekh, Farhad
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Sociometric Descriptive Study of Iranian College Students Nominated on the Basis of Outstanding Personality Development (open access)

A Sociometric Descriptive Study of Iranian College Students Nominated on the Basis of Outstanding Personality Development

This research study was developed to investigate a group of Outstanding college personalities in Iran. The purposes of the study were: (a) to identify a "frequently nominated" group and an "infrequently nominated" group of University of Isfahan students based on the social criterion of "outstanding personality development"; (b) to determine whether or not "friendship nominations" unduly influenced the selection of "frequently nominated" students; (c) to determine whether or not "frequently nominated" and "infrequently nominated" students could be reliably differentiated on stressful life events, developmental histories, mental health adjustment, expressed needs, and descriptive data; and (d) to present a summary of the most striking and consistent findings on personality development of the "frequently nominated" students. This study concludes that 1. A "frequently nominated" group and an "infrequently nominated" group of normal Iranian student personalities, based on the social criterion of "outstanding personality development," can be identified and statistically differentiated. 2. "Outstanding" Iranian student personalities have greater affiliative capacities than other normal Iranian student personalities. 3. "Outstanding" Iranian student personalities possess ego strength, as evidenced by their desire to make decisions from inner self evaluations and to break parental standards, to a greater extent than other normal Iranian student personalities. 4. "Outstanding" …
Date: August 1978
Creator: Brown, Sherry Yale
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interdependence or Realism: A Study in United States-Iranian Relations (open access)

Interdependence or Realism: A Study in United States-Iranian Relations

This study analyzes recent developments in U. S.- Iranian relations during the Nixon administration and attempts to portray the principal objectives of the United States and Iran vis-a-vis each other. Complex Interdependence is the model for development of the arguments. Due to the circumstances, however, the study substantially draws on Realism as well. Chapter I discusses methodology. Chapter II focuses on the Nixon Doctrine and its impact on U. S.-Iranian relations. Chapter III discusses the evolution of mutual interests between the two nations in the Gulf area. Chapter IV drawing on the previous chapters, concludes that an interdependent relation between the two nations has developed to the extent that in some areas policy of one nation would have an impact on the other, i.e., increase in the price of oil.
Date: May 1978
Creator: Akhavizadeh, Mohaimmad T.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
American Arms Sales to Iran and Power Politics in the Middle East (open access)

American Arms Sales to Iran and Power Politics in the Middle East

This thesis examines and evaluates the questions involved in American arms sales to Iran and Egypt. The first two chapters outline the historical background and present detailed analyses of Iran's political situations prior to 1968 and United States policy toward it in that period of time. Chapter Three considers the American policies towards Egypt and the United States arms sales to that country. The main argument of the thesis appears in chapter Four which explains the objectives of Iran's government in buying American arms and the United States government's objectives in selling arms to Iran. Conclusions on the study comprise the fifth chapter.
Date: December 1977
Creator: Aryanpur Kashani, Khosrow
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Selected Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors Related to Urbanization in Iran, 1956-1966 (open access)

Selected Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors Related to Urbanization in Iran, 1956-1966

Demographic and Socioeconomic factors related to the urbanization of Iran are discussed. An historical review of the growth of urbanization in Iran is reported. Factors included in the analysis are the birth, death, literacy, and mobility rates as well as the age-sex structure of the population. The data are from the national censuses of 1956 and 1966. Changes in demographic trends in both major and smaller cities during this decade are discussed in detail. The results of the analyses of these data are applicable to most developing countries. This information may be of possible aid in planning for the growth and redistribution of the Iranian population.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Hashemi, Alireza Shapur
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: First expanded summary take 4] (open access)

[News Script: First expanded summary take 4]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Shah of Iran who arrives in Paris on a shopping expedition for five atomic power stations.
Date: June 24, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Higher Education in Iran and a Proposal for Its Improvement (open access)

An Analysis of Higher Education in Iran and a Proposal for Its Improvement

The problem with which this study is concerned is the development of a plan to reform the structure of the current system of Iranian higher education, both quantitatively and qualitatively. These goals have been set by the Charter of Educational Revolution and coincide with the Development Plans of the nation which have aimed to bring about a fundamental change in society. Educational history of Iran since ancient times is discussed, with special emphasis on higher education, and the religio-cultural influences in shaping the organization of educational institutions and curricula are overviewed. The nation developed one of the world's oldest scholastic centers of higher learning, Gondi-Shapur Academy, whose international faculty contributed significantly to the advancement of knowledge. Iranian culture was exposed to Islam following the Arab invasion; and Islamic doctrine, which has been opposed to secular education, has dominated the educational philosophy of the country. Western education came to Iran through military institutions and religious institutions. Modern schools increased during the last decades of the nineteenth century; however, their progressive development can be traced only from the reign of Reza Shah, beginning in 1925. The first modern university of Iran was established forty years ago. The provincial universities and other institutions …
Date: May 1974
Creator: Naeli, Mohammed Ali
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Oil Profits] (open access)

[News Script: Oil Profits]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Shah of Iran who quoted saying big western oil companies are still making too much profits.
Date: April 24, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Food for Fuel] (open access)

[News Script: Food for Fuel]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Texas Agriculture Commission who was in Washington meeting the Ambassadors of Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Date: April 12, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Iran] (open access)

[News Script: Iran]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about fighting which broke out again along the border of Iran and Iraq.
Date: March 5, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Gold] (open access)

[News Script: Gold]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of 4 Arab oil-producing nations who reportedly contributed to the soaring prices for gold.
Date: February 28, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Simon] (open access)

[News Script: Simon]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the sources saying that the Federal Energy Chief William Simon may have hurt his chances to become Secretary of the Treasury.
Date: February 27, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Simon] (open access)

[News Script: Simon]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of federal energy chief who has denied a statement by the Shah of Iran that the United States is importing as much oil as it did before the Arab oil boycott.
Date: February 26, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Oil, Gas, Etc.] (open access)

[News Script: Oil, Gas, Etc.]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the Arab oil squeeze which is being blamed for the current energy crisis in the United States.
Date: February 24, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Solar Energy] (open access)

[News Script: Solar Energy]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the solar energy which is considered one of the long-range answers to the nation's shortage of energy supplies. Also, Arab nations which will hold a summit meeting in Alegria to discuss Syria-Israeli disengagement on the Golan Heights.
Date: February 13, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Middle East] (open access)

[News Script: Middle East]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a fighting which is predicted between Iraqi and Iranian forces along the border between the two countries.
Date: February 12, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Pennsylvania Trucks] (open access)

[News Script: Pennsylvania Trucks]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of governor Milton Shapp who has requested an urgent meeting with president Nixon in hope to reach at some solution for the truckers strike.
Date: February 6, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bread Oil] (open access)

[News Script: Bread Oil]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a report saying that some bakers who are ready to buy wheat from Russia, where much of the grains has gone in the past 18 months.
Date: January 25, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Oil Deal] (open access)

[News Script: Oil Deal]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Britain and Iran who reached agreement on 'a very substantial deal' providing for an additional 5-million tons of Iranian oil.
Date: January 25, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library