Iran Seminar

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies will conduct a two-day seminar on "Problems of Contemporary Iran," beginning tomorrow morning.

The program will open at 10 a.m. with a welcoming address by Richard N. Frye Aga Khan Professor of Iranian and the seminar's chairman. Rashid M. Allyev visiting professor of Persian Literature, will speak on "Modern Persian Literature in Perspective" at 10:30 a.m.; Mhedi Y. Haery, a special student in the Divinity School, will discuss "Islam and State in Iran" at 11:30 a.m.; and Darius Homayoun, an Associate Nieman Fellow, will comment on "The Political Development of Iran" at 3 p.m.

On Saturday, speakers will cover the military, economic growth, agrarian problems, and postwar British and U.S. policy in Iran.