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PERSIAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION & UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD Faculty of Oriental Studies
PRESENT: Conference on IRAN FACING THE NEW CENTURY
5-7 April 2004

The conference will be held at St. Anton’s College and Wadham College, University of Oxford, England on 5-6-7 April 2004. Other experts will be invited to participate in the conference and join in the general discussions.

The funding for this project is provided by Persian Cultural Foundation (PCF).
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Program:

Joint Conveners, Homa Katouzian and Reza Sheikholeslami

This conference will study the domestic, regional and global issues that Iran faces in the next decade or so, specifically from the viewpoint of Iran’s national interests.
It is generally thought that a country’s national interests refer to a set of interrelated objectives, the preservation and promotion of which is the primary responsibility of its government. These objectives include the maintenance of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country, the elevation of its international standing and influence, the promotion of the general well-being, morale and solidarity of its citizenry, and so on.

It is hoped that an informed discussion of these themes by a group of scholars and experts would help advance the understanding of a set of issues that are critical to Iran’s domestic development – political, economic as well as social – and its regional and international relations in the coming years.