Throughout modern Iranian history, culture has served as a means of imposing unity and cohesion onto society. The Pahlavi monarchs used it to project an image of Iran as an ancient civilisation, re-em
This is the third novel by Modarressi to be translated from Persian into English, telling the story of an Iranian teenager, the grandson of an Austrian woman, who feels out of place in Iran due to his
In this handsomely-bound volume, Rahimieh (comparative literature, U. of Alberta, Canada) presents selected narratives written by Persians from the 16th century to modern times. Each of the five chapt
This special issue of Radical History Review marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Iranian revolution, an event that reverberated across the globe, causing rifts and realignments in international re
