Cultural Revolution Headquarters

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The Cultural Revolution Headquarters was an early central body in Iran responsible for directing and overseeing the Islamization and restructuring of the country’s cultural and educational institutions after the 1979 revolution.

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Cultural Revolution Headquarters canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government body ⓘ
revolutionary institution ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
establishedAfter Iranian Revolution of 1979 ⓘ
linked to: Iranian Revolution
fieldOfWork cultural policy ⓘ
education policy ⓘ
university governance ⓘ
goal centralize control over cultural policy ⓘ
create Islamic university system ⓘ
eliminate Western cultural influence from education ⓘ
historicalContext Islamic Cultural Revolution in Iran ⓘ
ideology Islamic Revolution ideology ⓘ
Islamism ⓘ
Shi'a Islam ⓘ
linked to: Shia Islam
influencedBy leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ⓘ
jurisdiction cultural institutions in Iran ⓘ
educational institutions in Iran ⓘ
languageOfWork Persian ⓘ
locatedIn Tehran ⓘ
mainPurpose direct Islamization of cultural institutions ⓘ
oversee Islamization of educational institutions ⓘ
restructure higher education system ⓘ
restructure universities ⓘ
notableActivity closure of universities during Cultural Revolution in Iran ⓘ
operatedIn Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
linked to: Iran
partOf post-revolutionary state apparatus of Iran ⓘ
politicalAlignment Islamic Republic leadership ⓘ
precededBy revolutionary committees in cultural sector ⓘ
reorganizedAs Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution ⓘ
subjectOf research on post-1979 Iranian state-building ⓘ
studies on Islamization of education in Iran ⓘ
supervised higher education institutions in Iran ⓘ
universities in Iran ⓘ
task align curricula with Islamic values ⓘ
control academic staffing ⓘ
purge universities of perceived political opponents ⓘ
regulate cultural activities ⓘ
timePeriod early years after 1979 Iranian Revolution ⓘ

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Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution → predecessor → Cultural Revolution Headquarters ⓘ