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Iranian Revolutionary Government 1979 Chair: Harrison Elliott JHUMUNC 2018 Iranian Revolutionary Government 1979 Chair: Harrison Elliott JHUMUNC 2018 Iranian Revolutionary Government of 1979 Topic A: Issues on the Home Front Topic B: A New Iran on the World Stage Committee Overview a dynamic topic of discussion and frequent crisis updates. Delegates will be called upon The year is 1979. Reza Shah Pahlavi has to respond to these updates in several ways: been overthrown and replaced by the Ayatollah through negotiation within the committee, Ruhollah Khomeini and a theocratic republic. collaborative directives (voted on by the Your army is in disarray, confused as to either committee), and personal action in the form support the exiled Shah or support the new of a crisis note. All forms of response should Supreme Leader. Your economy is in shambles be used to engage issues raised by the and your neighbors are looking at your chaotic committee topics and the ongoing crisis country, wondering if they can support this announcements. Directives can be written in new form of theocratic government. three forms: committee, joint, and personal. It is up to you, the Revolutionary Another big difference between GA Council, the Revolutionary Guards, the and crisis committees is the use of directives. Revolutionary Tribunals, and the Islamic As said above, directives take three forms: Republican Party to re-establish order in your committee, joint, and personal. Committee country and decide how you will present directives are the most similar to resolutions yourselves to the world. These 21 delegates will in GA as they form the basis of the decide the future of the nascent Republic of committee’s overall action. There are two Iran. Your choices will have consequences that ways delegates can sign directives—either as span far beyond the country’s borders. a signatory or a sponsor. A signatory is usually a delegate that helps craft the resolution from the beginning while a Parliamentary Procedure sponsor is a delegate that supports the This committee will follow the general directive. Joint directives are less formal outlines of Parliamentary Procedure or directives that are signed by several members Robert’s Rules of Order. There will be a of the committee to accomplish other goals running Speaker’s List and the committee will within the committee (note: a joint directive generally facilitate discussion using moderated can be signed by the entire committee). The caucuses. However, since this is a crisis main difference between committee and joint committee, the chair and dais will allow for directives are a committee directives’ intent more unmoderated caucuses and moderately is to accomplish a key goal within the relaxed parliamentary procedure than in other committee, while joint directives are less committees to allow us to keep up with the formal. Personal directives (also known as faster pace of the committee. With that said, crisis notes) are a single delegate’s personal we do respectfully ask that while in moderated request for information or a direct action caucuses, delegates that are not speaking against another delegate. respect their other committee members by Delegates are encouraged to utilize remaining quiet and raising their placards if their portfolio powers in order to help solve there is an issue. crises, regain momentum of debate, and even The main difference between a GA or to create crises for the committee! An larger standing UN body and crisis committees innovative outlook and liberal use of crisis is that crisis committees present delegates with notes is encouraged, though delegates will 1 find their endeavors most successful if they key figure in the on-the-ground success of receive support from other delegates. Please the revolution, organizing street protests, remember to be active both in and outside the openly criticizing the Shah, and helping committee room. Mohammad Beheshti establish the Islamic Republic of Iran to complete the overthrow Delegate Biographies of the Shah.6 Mohammad Beheshti (b. 1928) Ali Khamenei (b. 1939) Member of the Council of the Islamic Co-founder of the Islamic Republican Revolution/Co-founder and current Secretary- Party. Mr. Khamenei is a devoutly religious General of the Islamic Republican Party. Mr. man, having studied under numerous imams Beheshti is considered by many to be the chief and ayatollahs throughout his life. Having architect of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He is been arrested numerous times and tortured a close friend of the Ayatollah and is a devoutly under the Shah’s regime, Mr. Khamenei is religious man.1 eager to see Iran succeed in a new, completely different direction than that of Sadegh Ghotbzadeh (b. 1936) the previous regime. He is a close aide and Member of the Council of the Islamic ally of Ayatollah Khomeini, who had Revolution/Managing Director of National entrusted him with numerous missions Iranian Radio and Television. Mr. Ghotbzadeh leading up to and during the revolution. Mr. is a close aide of the Ayatollah leading up to Khamenei is also seen as one of the chief and during the revolution. 2 He significantly architects of the Islamic Republican Party.7 reformed the National Iranian Radio and Television to fall in line with Islamic teachings. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (b. 1934) Member of the Council of the Islamic Sadegh Tabatabaei (b. 1943) Revolution/Co-founder of the Islamic Deputy Prime Minister for Public Republican Party. Mr. Rafsanjani served as Relations and Administration. Mr. Tabatabaei the financial manager of the revolutionary is a long-time supporter and close aide to groups during the revolution. He is a close Ruhollah Khomenei, having accompanied him friend and trusted aide to the Ayatollah. during his exile to France3. Mr. Tabatabaei is Despite his friendship to the Ayatollah, Mr. directly responsible for organizing the Rafsanjani does hold moderate views, such referendum, which established the current as the privatization of state-owned Iranian Republic and has significant ties to the companies and allowing a free market to press, having served as a spokesman for the exist in Iran.8 Ayatollah.4 Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (b. 1933) Mir-Hossein Mousavi (b. 1942) Member of the Council of the Islamic Political Secretary of the Islamic Revolution/Co-founder of the Islamic Republican Party and Chief Editor of the Republican Party. Mr. Bahonar was a close Jomhouri-e Eslami (the Islamic Republican friend and influential member of the Party official newspaper).5 Mr. Mousavi was a Ayatollah’s inner circle during the revolution. He is a devoutly religious man, having been an influential speaker at several religious 1 The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. “Mohammad centers in Tehran.9 Hosayn Beheshti.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 10 May 2002, www.britannica.com/biography/Mohammad-Hosayn- 6 Ibid. Beheshti. 7 “Biography.” The Office of the Supreme Leader, 6 2 “Index Ge-Gj.” Rulers, Feb. 2010, www.leader.ir/en/biography. www.rulers.org/indexg2.html#ghotb. 8 “Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia 3 “Sadeq Tabatabaei.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, Foundation, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadeq_Tabatabaei. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Hashemi_Rafsanjani. 4 Ibid. 9 The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. “Mohammad ,BBC Javad Bahonar.” Encyclopædia Britannica ”.زندگینامه نامزدها: مير حسين موسوی - ايران - فارسی BBC“ 5 News, BBC, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., www.bbc.com/persian/iran/2009/05/090521_og_ir88_ www.britannica.com/biography/Mohammad-Javad- mosavi.shtml. Bahonar. 2 Mehdi Bazargan (b. 1907) his most ardent supporters 14 . However, he Prime Minister. Mr. Bazargan is the has claimed that clerics should not be pro-democratic Prime Minister of the Interim running for positions in the government, Government. His views conflict with those of much to the chagrin of religious hard-liners. many on the Council of the Islamic Revolution, including the Ayatollah.10 Hashem Sabbaghian (b. 1937) Minister of the Interior 15 . Mr. Ebrahim Yazdi (b. 1931) Sabbaghian has been appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Yazdi Ayatollah to help reorganize and reform the served as an advisor to the Ayatollah during his oil industry. Having been jailed four times exile.11 While his views are not necessarily at before the revolution, Mr. Sabbaghian is odds with the Council of the Islamic highly critical of the previous regime and is Revolution, he is a pro-democracy advocate eager to see this current regime succeed. and is somewhat critical of actions taken by the Council. Kazem Sami (b. 1935) Minister of Health. Mr. Sami helped Ali Akbar Moinfar (b. 1928) organize and lead numerous protests during Minister of Petroleum 12 . Mr. Moinfar the revolution. While he supported the was a member of Shah Pahlavi’s government; revolution, he is not necessarily a supporter however, he severed ties and joined the of the Ayatollah’s policies. Revolutionary Council. He eventually became the spokesman for the council as well as being Ahmad Sayyed Javadi (b. 1917) appointed the first oil minister of the new Minister of Justice. Mr. Javadi was government. With this title, Mr. Moinfar is born into a devoutly religious family and is directly in control over the production and an ardent supporter of Ayatollah Khomeini exportation of oil, a significant source of and Mr. Khamenei. Mr. Javadi contributed to revenue for the republic. the drafting of the new Constitution and has served as both a member of the Council of Mostafa Chamran (b. 1932) the Islamic Revolution and the Islamic Minister of National Defense. Mr. legislative assembly16. Chamran received military training in Cuba under the Castro regime in the 1960s13. With Mohammad-Ali Rajaei (b. 1933) his military training, he has established Minister of Education. Mr. Rajaei was revolutionary guerilla forces all across the an ardent critic of the Shah’s regime, having Middle East. With his successes and close ties been arrested four times leading up to the to numerous leaders in the Middle East and outbreak of the revolution.
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