Navigating Contemporary Iran: Challenging Economic, Social and Political Perceptions By Eric Hooglund (editor), Leif Stenberg (editor)
2012 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 0415678668 | PDF | 5 MB
This detailed examination of contemporary Iran addresses the most important current social, political, and economic issues facing the nation and the way it is perceived by the outside world. The volume brings together some of the most important scholars and researchers in the field, working in such diverse disciplines as anthropology, economics, history, international relations, philosophy, political science, and sociology, to offer a broad range of perspectives on the significance of three decades of changes for Iran's current and near-term-future domestic and international politics. Drawing upon a wealth of original field research, the authors challenge conventional wisdom and simplistic media stereotypes about the Islamic Republic. The chapters reach beyond traditional images of the country to show that, as a consequence of thirty years of economic and social changes, the reality, or 'essence', of contemporary Iran is more complex and nuanced than is often portrayed in the international media. Offering valuable insights into Iran's economic and social policies, as well as its politics, since the Islamic Revolution, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of political science, sociology, and Iranian studies.

Maryam Rostampour, Marziyeh Amirizadeh, Anne Graham Lotz, "Captive in Iran: A Remarkable True Story of Hope and Triumph amid the Horror of Tehran's Brutal Evin Prison"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1414371217, 1414371209 | 304 pages | EPUB | 0.65 MB
Embark on a chilling journey inside one of the world's darkest and most dangerous places: Evin, the notorious Tehran prison. Here, prisoners are routinely tortured, abused, and violated. Executions are frequent and sudden. But for two women imprisoned for their Christian faith―Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh―this hell on earth was a place of unlikely grace as they reflected God's love and compassion to their fellow prisoners and guards. Against all odds, Evin would become the only church many of them had ever known.

The Sistani Cycle of Epics and Iran's National History : On the Margins of Historiography
by Saghi Gazerani
English | 2016 | ISBN: 9004281991 | 250 Pages | True PDF | 2.16 MB

Mahan Abedin, "Iran Resurgent: The Rise and Rise of the Shia State"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 1849049556 | PDF | pages: 298 | 3.0 mb
Iran has emerged from decades of isolation and struggle to become a leading, if not the pre-eminent, regional power. Iran projects its influence throughout the Middle East and parts of Central Asia. Moreover, Iranian diplomacy is active on the world stage, with long-term projects in Africa and South America.

BBC Our World - Iran: Catching a Killer (2022)
English | Documentary | Size: 360 MB

English | ASIN: B0BF7D481C | 2022 | 6 hours and 7 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 168 MB
Ancient Persia conjures images of extravagant palaces, beautiful gardens, mighty armies, and all-powerful kings, queens, and princes. The beginnings of Iranian antiquity are enigmatic, but from the cradle of the western Zagros Mountains came the greatest empires the world has ever known. The Elamites, Medians, Achaemenids, Parthians, and Sassanids all sprang from interlinked cultural origins that could trace their roots back through each successive empire. The ancient Persians experienced cultural mingling over time, such as the Mediterranean Hellenistic era, which brought the Greeks and Romans. Much later, the Muslim Arabs disrupted the last of the ancient empires and imprinted their new religion, Islam, across Greater Iran. But the Persian culture held firm for millennia, and after 5,000 years of imperial conquests, Iran retains the ancient identity of its first people.

Pamela Karimi, "Alternative Iran: Contemporary Art and Critical Spatial Practice"
English | ISBN: 1503630013 | 2022 | 452 pages | EPUB | 169 MB
Alternative Iran offers a unique contribution to the field of contemporary art, investigating how Iranian artists engage with space and site amid the pressures of the art market and the state's regulatory regimes. Since the 1980s, political, economic, and intellectual forces have driven Iran's creative class toward increasingly original forms of artmaking not meant for official venues. Instead, these art forms appear in private homes with "trusted" audiences, derelict buildings, leftover urban zones, and remote natural sites. While many of these venues operate independently, others are fully sanctioned by the state. Drawing on interviews with over a hundred artists, gallerists, theater experts, musicians, and designers, Pamela Karimi throws into sharp relief the extraordinary art and performance activities that have received little attention outside Iran. Attending to nonconforming curatorial projects, independent guerrilla installations, escapist practices, and tacitly subversive performances, Karimi discloses the push-and-pull between the art community and the authorities, and discusses myriad instances of tentative coalition as opposed to outright partnership or uncompromising resistance. Illustrated with more than 120 full-color images, this book provides entry into unique artistic experiences without catering to voyeuristic curiosity around Iran's often-perceived "underground" culture.

Elaine Sciolino, "Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran"
English | 2005 | ISBN: 0743284798, 0684862905 | EPUB | pages: 432 | 1.8 mb

Daryoosh Abarzadeh, Nikolaus Schindel, "Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum Iran - A Late Sasanian Hoard from Orumiyeh"
English | 2017 | pages: 304 | ISBN: 3700179561 | PDF | 10,1 mb
English summary: This volume presents for the first time within the Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum (SNS) series a complete coin hoard. The latter was found in 2007 in the Piran-Shahr region in North-Western Iran, and ranks among the largest and most important hoards ever found on the territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Containing altogether 1267 drachms, it provides interesting insights not only into the monetary system of the Late Sasanian period, but also into its economic history, for which only very few sources exist. The publication of this hoard was made possible through the cooperation between the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Research Institute of ICHTO (Iran Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization). German description: Der vorliegende Band ist der erste in der Reihe "Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum" (SNS), der einen geschlossenen Schatzfund vorstellt. Der Schatz wurde im Jahr 2007 in der Region Piran-Shahr im Nordwesten des Iran gefunden und zahlt zu den grossten und bedeutendsten sasanidenzeitlichen Munzhorten, die jemals auf dem Gebiet der Islamischen Republik Iran entdeckt wurden. Mit einer Stuckzahl von 1267 Drachmen eroffnet er wertvolle Einsichten nicht nur in die Munz- und Geldgeschichte des Iran in der Spatantike, sondern auch in die Wirtschaftsgeschichte des Sasanidenreiches, fur die sonst kaum Quellen existieren. Die Publikation wurde ermoglicht durch eine Kooperation der Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften mit RICHTO, dem Research Institute of ICHTO (Iran Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization).

English | 2022 | ISBN: 1859642160 | 82 pages | True EPUB | 6.6 MB
Through his use of conventional black-and-white film and a belief that a good photograph is the result of constantly watching to predict the perfect moment, Kazem Hakimi's work harks straight back to the photojournalism of Cartier-Bresson and those early Magnum photographers who were able to capture moments that superficially contained nothing, but which when printed onto photographic paper became iconic images. With the United States and Iran once again squaring up to each other in the Persian Gulf and the actions of firebrand president Ahmadinejad never far from the news, "An Eye for Iran" provides a welcome opportunity to view images that show the human side of a nation we are being led to distrust.Here and there someone spies the lens as the shutter opens, but the drift of Iranian society is caught in the postures of the everyday: human faces in the streets, relaxing in the parks, the glimpse of designer clothes under a chador, pride in a motorcycle, a young couple enjoying a game of chess...Throughout, Hakimi shows how well he understands the techniques of traditional photojournalism: he remains both present but still invisible to the people in the scenes his lens has captured. The result is a captivating book that will appeal to all those wishing to gain an insight into life in this unique and fascinating country.