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Examining the Consequences of the Migration from Zoorabad to Afghanistan during the First Pahlavi Era: A Case Study on the Management of Properties and Agricultural Lands." [PDF]

open access: yesتحقیقات تاریخ اقتصادی ایران
Extended abstractIntroduction: Zoorabad Jam is a border region in eastern Khorasan characterized by a relatively low-lying plain situated between two rivers and flanked by two mountain ranges, sharing a border with Afghanistan. Historically, the movement
azam Riahi
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Exiled From Their Own Lands: Indigenist Policies, Oil, and Colonial Plunder in 20th Century Venezuela

open access: yesThe Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 31, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines the historical displacement of Indigenous peoples in Venezuela, focusing on the links between indigenist policies and the exploitation of natural resources, particularly oil, throughout the 20th century. Using a combined historical and ethnographic approach, it demonstrates how the formation of the Venezuelan nation‐state
Gabriel Tardelli
wiley   +1 more source

Between Ideology and Strategy: The Iranian Revolution and the Reconfiguration of Middle Eastern Security

open access: yesMiddle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 41-56, Summer 2026.
Abstract The Iranian revolution of 1979 is generally portrayed either as the catalyst of sectarian polarization in the Middle East or, more recently, as the foundation of a pragmatic grand strategy shaped by geopolitical insecurity and learning forged by decades of war. This article challenges this binary opposition between ideology and strategy.
Alabbas F. Alsudani
wiley   +1 more source

Despotism and financial corruption: the economic movements of the Rashidians during the second Pahlavi period [PDF]

open access: yesتحقیقات تاریخ اقتصادی ایران
Considering the relationship between the type of political government and economic movements in a country, this article is focused on the economic activities of the Rashidian family during the reign of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, as described in the framework
Mojtaba Soltani Ahmadi   +2 more
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Examining the role of Islamic Schools in reinforcement of Hijab Culture from “Social Capital” perspective [PDF]

open access: yesTaḥqīqāt-i Farhangī-i Īrān, 2012
As an Islamic obligation in Iran’s Society, the Hijab doctrine was regarded by Pahlavi Dynasty as an impediment in the way of development. Therefore, the “politics of Nudism” is pursued by the regime. It was not acceptable to the people.
Abolfazl Shakoori, Jalil Dara
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‘Escaping Isn't for Everyone’: Kurdish Smugglers’ Navigational Tactics at Checkpoints in Iran

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, Volume 57, Issue 3, Page 578-598, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines how Kurdish smugglers navigate state and insurgent checkpoints in the borderlands of western Iran. Drawing on ethnographic research, it analyses two key navigational tactics: persin, a form of negotiated passage involving transaction, recognition and the contingent toleration of authority; and jimi, rendered here as ...
Peyman Zinati
wiley   +1 more source

Translators’ Attitude toward Women’s Issues during the First Pahlavi Era [PDF]

open access: yes‫مطالعات زبان و ترجمه
Writing books about women and their issues with the aim of teaching and guiding them was among the main tenets of the literary system’s poetics during the First Pahlavi era.
Maryam Saeidi
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“American Islam”: The Politics of Religious Authenticity in Iran

open access: yesDigest of Middle East Studies, Volume 35, Issue 3, Summer 2026.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes “American Islam” as a political category of religious authenticity in the Islamic Republic of Iran rather than as a fixed theological concept. Using a critical discourse‐analytic framework, it examines how Ayatollah Khomeini and Ayatollah Khamenei construct and operationalize the opposition between pure Muhammadan Islam ...
Fateh Saeidi
wiley   +1 more source

National Colonialism: Nation‐State, Colonialism and Colonisation of Kurdistan

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 414-425, April 2026.
ABSTRACT This article develops the concept of ‘national colonialism’ to capture colonial relations in the nation‐state form. It does so through a critical appraisal of the concept of ‘internal colonialism’, which largely fails to explain the links between nationalism and colonial relations.
Behnam Amini
wiley   +1 more source

“Tabula Rasa” planning: creative destruction and building a new urban identity in Tehran

open access: yesJournal of Architecture and Urbanism, 2017
The concept of Tabula Rasa, as a desire for sweeping renewal and creating a potential site for the construction of utopian dreams is presupposition of Modern Architecture. Starting from the middle of the 19th century to the first half of the 20th century,
Asma Mehan
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