The truths about Iran; quite different truths from versions put forward by Washington, Tehran, and the media. Iran thundered onto the world stage in 1979 with a

The drama that shaped today’s Iran, from the Revolution to the present day. In 1979, seemingly overnight—moving at a clip some thirty years faster than the

In 1979, seemingly overnight, Iran became the first revolutionary theocracy in modern times. Since then, the country has been a sinister presence looming over t

Throughout its long and complex history, Iran has struggled with two warring identities—one evolving from the values, social organization, and arts of ancient

DIVAn ethnography of secular youth culture in Tehran and its resistance to post-Revolutionary Islamicist politics./div