Outlines how Tehran's social spaces were transformed by shifting discourses and practices from the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century.

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

With more than half its population under twenty years old, Iran is one of the world's most youthful nations. The Iranian state characterizes its youth populatio

This is the first book on the relationship between Islamic law and the Iranian society during the nineteenth century. The author explores the legal aspects of u