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The soul of the soil: Unearthing a Nation's eco‐empathy through 1200 years of Persian poetry

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 6, Page 1987-2002, June 2026.
Abstract Cultivating a profound sense of connection with the natural world, conceptualized as eco‐empathy, is increasingly recognized as a vital precursor to effective environmental stewardship. While scientific data frame ecological crises, literary traditions offer a unique archive for tracing the history of this empathetic bond. This study positions
Isa Esfandiarpour‐Boroujeni, Ali Shahriari, Leila Kordbacheh, Zohreh Mosleh, Reyhaneh Nejadasadi, Hosnieh Shahriari, Fatemeh Aliabbasi, Reza Mohajer   +7 more
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Exiled From Their Own Lands: Indigenist Policies, Oil, and Colonial Plunder in 20th Century Venezuela

The 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
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Iranian Nationalism and Azerbaijan from the Constitutional Revolution to the Pahlavi Era

Journal of Persianate Studies
This paper traces the intellectual trajectory of Iranian nationalism to delineate when and how language and ethnicity in Azerbaijan came to be construed and framed as obstacles to Iran’s national unity.
Mehrdad Rahimi-Moghaddam
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Between Ideology and Strategy: The Iranian Revolution and the Reconfiguration of Middle Eastern Security

Middle 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
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Utilizing the Concept of the Social Imagination to Analyze the Interactions between the State and Civil Society in Iran (1941–1979) [PDF]

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Introduction Understanding the state as the primary actor in the political arena holds significant importance from a political sociology perspective. A precise comprehension of the structure, characteristics, and functions of the state is essential for ...
Zeinab Mahdavifar, Ali Asghar Davoudi
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‘Escaping Isn't for Everyone’: Kurdish Smugglers’ Navigational Tactics at Checkpoints in Iran

Development 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
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Zoroastrian Ritual and Exegetical Traditions: The Case of the Iranian Pahlavi Yasna [PDF]

, 2021
The manuscripts of the Iranian Pahlavi Yasna contain two consecutive colophons, the second of which relates the story of how their common ancestor manuscript, which combines the Avestan text of the Yasna with its Pahlavi version, was created.
Khanizadeh, Mehrbod
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Recognizing and analyzing hardware (structure) and software (function) of "Heyte": a forgotten element of Mashhad's urban civilization [PDF]

Dānishhā-yi būmī-i Īrān
The current research analyzed the hardware (structure) and software (function) of the Heytes. In this regard, research methods were historical document research and semi-structured in-depth interviews with the residents of Mashhad's historical areas. The
Amirali Boroumand, Esmaeil Salehi
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Pedalling in Pahlavi Iran: Cycle mobility and competing masculinities

Journal of Transport History
Using Persian memoirs, periodicals, and photographs, this essay examines how Iranians integrated the bicycle into their everyday lives in the rapidly changing socioeconomic contexts of the Pahlavi period (1925–1979). It seeks to achieve two goals. First,
Mikiya Koyagi
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“American Islam”: The Politics of Religious Authenticity in Iran

Digest 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
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