A selection of books examines Iran's turbulent history, from American influence and the Islamic revolution to the recent ...
Understanding one of the world's oldest civilizations can't be achieved through a single film or book. But recent works of ...
Scott Anderson’s "King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation" is a gripping and deeply researched account of the fall of Mohammad Reza Shah ...
PARIS — In her bright Paris apartment, Marjane Satrapi makes coffee, her cat rolling at a visitor's feet. The author of the internationally acclaimed graphic novel Persepolis, about a young girl ...
When in 1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini led the Islamic Revolution, opposition to the Shah united most of Khomeini’s followers. While Khomeini spoke of an Islamic democracy and insisted he had ...
In her bright Paris apartment, Marjane Satrapi makes coffee, her cat rolling at a visitor’s feet. The author of the internationally acclaimed graphic novel Persepolis, about a young girl coming of age ...