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Modern Iran 9780300194739
Table of contents :
Contents
Illustrations
Preface to the 2006 Edition
Preface to the 2003 Edition
Preface to the 1981 edition of Roots of Revolution
1. Religion and Society to 1800
2. Foundations of Nineteenth-Century Iran
3. Continuity and Change Under the Qajars: 1796–1890
4. Protest and Revolution: 1890–1914
5. War and Reza Shah: 1914–1941
6. World War II and Mosaddeq: 1941–1953
7. Royal Dictatorship: 1953–1977
8. Modern Iranian Political Thought
9. The Revolution
10. Politics and Economics beneath Khomeini: 1979–1989
11. Politics and Economics in Post-Khomeini Iran
12. Society, Gender, Culture, and Intellectual Life
Conclusion
Epilogue Iran since Early 2003
Notes
Select Bibliography of Books in English
Index
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MODERN IRAN
Modern Iran Roots and Results of Revolution Updated Edition
Nikki R. Keddie with a section by Yann Richard
Yale University Press New Haven & London
Modern Iran, a substantially revised and expanded vers
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Penetration to the inner sanctum of Iran’s leadership
By Catherine Perez-Shakdam
(*Courtesy of the American Centre for Levant Studies)
With fiery conviction, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said to me, “When we say Death to America we refer to a system sold to the Zionist cause, when we say Death to Israel we refer to the sons and daughters of Jacob who raised their hands in apostasy against our great prophets and followed the path of Satan as they toiled to steal Muslim lands and enslave our communities. Their bloodline is perverse, marked for destruction by G-d. We must obey the divine law.”
His words dripped with disdain and hatred …
The man’s determination was palpable, the implication of his words terrible. In a few words Khamenei had encapsulated the nature of the regime.
Turning away was no longer an option!
FORTUITIOUS TIMING
Few have ventured into the inner sanctum of Iran and reaped the benefits of an up-close observation of the regime’s machinations. The Islamic
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List of Iranian Americans
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Academia and science
[edit]- Behnam Ben Amini, Dentist, Associate Clinical Professor at University of California, San Francisco
- Behnaam Aazhang, J.S. Abercrombie Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University
- Kamyar Abdi, archaeologist, former assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology, Dartmouth College
- Alexander Abian, mathematician, Iowa State University
- Mohammad Javad Abdolmohammadi, John E. Rhodes Professor of Acco