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Iran or Persia : what's in a name, the decline and fall of a tourism industry? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The future of tourism in Iran depends on the tenor of the government, whether it be Islamic traditionalist or Islamic liberalist. In Iran religion and politics are inescapably intertwined and inseparable, with the priority of religion over politics. This
Baum, T.G., O'Gorman, Kevin D.
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The Story of Homa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The following short story is in dedication to all the women who have been denied an education because of their ...
Behmanesh, Jessica
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Mobilized Resilience and Development under Sanctions in Iran

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, Volume 55, Issue 5, Page 933-964, September 2024.
ABSTRACT How do states maintain economic development in the face of sanctions? Recent studies have examined economic resilience as a property of a system preceding a shock, leaving unanswered questions about how sanctioned states discipline employers and limit predatory behaviour. Using the case of Iran, this article aims to fill this gap by presenting
Zep Kalb
wiley   +1 more source

Mīrzā Muḥammad Naṣīr Furṣat al-Dawla and the Archaeology of Iranian Archaeology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Unlike other related studies which are focusing on either excavations or excavators, this essay explores some aspects of the early development of archaeology in Islamic Iran as a particular moment in intellectual history.
Szántó, Iván
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The past and future of the study of Islamic esotericism

open access: yesReligion Compass, Volume 18, Issue 7, July 2024.
Abstract The study of Islamic esotericism, particularly the concept of al‐bāṭiniyya, remains fragmented. While often studied under various labels like “mysticism” and “occultism,” it is widely equated to Sufism. Scholars still hesitate to use the term al‐bāṭiniyya due to its historical pejorative connotations, linking it to extremist adherence to ...
Liana Saif
wiley   +1 more source

The art of the Trump‐Iran deal: An unsuccessful coercive foreign policy

open access: yesGlobal Policy, Volume 15, Issue 2, Page 234-246, May 2024.
Abstract The success of a state's coercive foreign policy depends on how much influence it has over a ‘target’ – a premise that assumes other factors do not obstruct the policy goal. In practice however, the nature of the international system complicates the potential for such a policy's success. This paper examines this idea using the 2018 US decision
Amir Magdy Kamel
wiley   +1 more source

A Reading on the Physical Evolution of Open and Semi-Open Spaces in Buildings in Tehran Late Qajar and First Pahlavi [PDF]

open access: yesتوسعه پایدار شهری
The formation of housing has been influenced by cultural, social, economic and political patterns that has evolved in relation to its environment. With the arrival of modernity in Iran from the end of the Qajar period, residential buildings underwent ...
Javaher Kooti   +2 more
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Revised proposal to encode the Avestan script in the SMP of the UCS [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This is a proposal to encode the Avestan script in the international character encoding standard Unicode.
Everson, Michael, Pournader, Roozbeh
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The propaganda war in Iran among the former allies, 1945–1949: The Soviet perspective as seen through Soviet documents

open access: yesDigest of Middle East Studies, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 184-203, Spring 2024.
Abstract This article gives an interesting picture of how the Soviets viewed the propaganda war in Iran during the second half of the 1940s. It is mainly based on documents from the USSR's Ministry of Interior, the use of which is considered an innovation in the existing literature on the subject.
Soli Shahvar
wiley   +1 more source

Why Don't South Asians in the U.S. Count As “Asian”?: Global and Local Factors Shaping Anti‐South Asian Racism in the United States*

open access: yesSociological Inquiry, Volume 94, Issue 2, Page 351-368, May 2024.
In a 2020 U.S. survey, more Asian Indians than Chinese indicated that they were worried about post‐Covid‐19 hate crimes. Yet, post‐Covid violence against people of Asian background has been viewed as being directed against “Chinese‐looking” individuals.
Prema Kurien, Bandana Purkayastha
wiley   +1 more source

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