Iran : Politics, History and Literature 9781136172915, 9780415636896

This book offers a view of Iran through politics, history and literature, showing how the three angles combine. Iran, be

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Iran : Politics, History and Literature
9781136172915, 9780415636896

Censorship pervades all aspects of political, social and cultural life in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Faced with stric

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U.S. relations with Iran have been fraught for decades, but under the Trump Administration tensions are rising to startl

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This book argues that ever since Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979, which established a Shia Islamic government in

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A masterfully researched and compelling history of Iran from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first

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Persian literature is the jewel in the crown of Persian culture. It has profoundly influenced the literatures of Ottoman

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This accessible introductory text explains the political, economic and religious developments since the formation of the

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Terrorism and the Middle East are often connected. The fear that these will be a future source of threat with weapons of

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The protests unleashed by Iran's disputed presidential election in June 2009 brought the Islamic Republic's vi

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