Links for Class
Iran: A Learning Seminar
Current Press Reports on Relations with Iran
In Iran, a Deal and Then a Crackdown (NYT)
Trudeau’s Promise to Restore Relations with Iran Easier Said than Done (G&M)
Iran Officially Marks 36 Years of Loathing for U.S. (CBS)
A Fourth American of Iranian Descent Arrested (NYT)
Trudeau’s Promise to Restore Relations with Iran Easier Said than Done (G&M)
Iran Officially Marks 36 Years of Loathing for U.S. (CBS)
A Fourth American of Iranian Descent Arrested (NYT)
American Analysis of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)
Arms Control Association (non-profit think tank in DC that supports the deal)
Translations of Official Statements from Iran
Interview with Hashemi Rafsanjani, Head of Iran's Expediency Council, October 26, 2015
Supreme Leader Khamenei's Letter Of Guidelines To President Rohani On the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)
(see the translation at bottom of the page)
Supreme Leader Khamenei's Letter Of Guidelines To President Rohani On the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)
(see the translation at bottom of the page)
Jewish Life in Iran
Being a Jew in Iran Means Separating Faith From From Region's Tussles (Chicago Tribune, 11/09/15)
How Iran's Jews Survive in a Mullah's World (Forward, 08/18/15)
How Iran's Jews Survive in a Mullah's World (Forward, 08/18/15)
Further Reading
Michael Axworthy, A History of Iran: Empire of the Mind (New York: Basic Books, 2010)
Homa Katouzian, The Persians: Ancient, Medieval and Modern Iran (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010)
Steven Kinzer, All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror (New York: Wiley, 2008)
Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett, Going to Tehran: Why the United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic Republic of Iran
(New York: Metropolitan Books, 2013)
William Polk, Understanding Iran: Everything You Need to Know, From Persia to the Islamic Republic, From Cyrus to Ahmadinejad (New York: St. Martins, 2011)
Homa Katouzian, The Persians: Ancient, Medieval and Modern Iran (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010)
Steven Kinzer, All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror (New York: Wiley, 2008)
Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett, Going to Tehran: Why the United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic Republic of Iran
(New York: Metropolitan Books, 2013)
William Polk, Understanding Iran: Everything You Need to Know, From Persia to the Islamic Republic, From Cyrus to Ahmadinejad (New York: St. Martins, 2011)