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Abadan, The Rise and Demise of an Oil Metropolis
The image of Abadan as a vanguard city of oil-driven modernity was transformed by its role in the 19[...]
How Iran Will Respond to New Sanctions
Even before US President Donald Trump began threatening to re-impose sanctions on Iran, foreign inve[...]
French-Iranian Writer's Debut Novel
Like Scheherazade, Djavadi’s protagonist is a storyteller, but unlike her, she doesn’t use storytell[...]
Selected Articles
- The Travel Ban and Iranian-Americans
  The attempts of President Donald Trump to bar entry into the United States to nationals of six Muslim-majority countries, including Iran, have compelled previou...
- “Until we leave this plain of sin and pride…” Attar’s Conference of the Birds
  Farid-ad-Din Muhammad Attar (1145-1220) is one of the three pillars of Persian Sufi literature. Sana’i Ghaznavi, who for the first time, exerted love poetry to ...
- Iranian-Dutch Artist Atousa Bandeh
  Atousa’s mind-boggling paintings and drawings have many autobiographical elements. These tend to be her most intimate, and therefore all the more universal, exp...