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The Effect of Westernization (Golfarang) on Kashan's Architecture Decoration and Carpets [PDF]
Jilvah-i hunar, 2019 The design and role of Golfarang is one of the most popular designs in the field of traditional art and carpet design. The motifs called roses or flowers and bird originate from Western Art, and most scholars regard this motif as an ancient western motif.
tahereh salimi, H. Azizi
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, 2011 This very helpful article compiles new trends in historical studies about Pahlavī Iran and consists of three parts almost equal in length: a general overview of the historiography of the period from 1921 to 1979, supplemented by extensive endnotes, and ...
Bianca Devos
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‘Zionism as the Legacy of Cyrus’: (Online) Proxy Nationalism of Diasporic Iranians
Nations and Nationalism, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 907-917, October 2025.ABSTRACT This paper focuses on examining the online activities of a group of diasporic Iranians who exhibit Israeli proxy nationalism online by openly expressing support for Israel and Zionism. By analysing posts, reposts and comments made on X after the Hamas‐led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 using the hashtag #IraniansStandWithIsrael, the paper ...
Ladan Rahbari
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The VM is Written in Pahlavi Script [PDF]
, 2017 The late medieval VM has resisted decryption and was considered a meaninglesshoax or an unsolvable cipher. Here, we provide evidence that the VM is written innatural language by establishing a relation of the V alphabet and the Iranian Pahlavi script ...
Herrmann, J. Michael; id_orcid
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The Perils of Nuclear Talks After the US‐Israel War on Iran
Middle East Policy, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 36-50, Autumn (Fall) 2025.Abstract In June 2025, Israel bombed Iranian nuclear facilities, military commanders and scientists, and civilian areas, with assistance from the United States—Washington's first foray into conventional warfare against the Islamic Republic. This triggered debates in Iran about the merits of a weapons‐grade atomic program.
Banafsheh Keynoush
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Proposal for encoding the Inscriptional Parthian, Inscriptional Pahlavi, and Psalter Pahlavi scripts in the SMP of the UCS [PDF]
, 2007 This is a proposal to encode Inscriptional Parthian and Inscriptional Pahlavi in the international character encoding standard Unicode. The scripts were published in Unicode Standard version 5.2 in October 2009.
Everson, Michael, Pournader, Roozbeh
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More Than a Game: Football and Ethnic Contestation in Contemporary Iran
Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 34, Issue 4, Fall 2025.ABSTRACT This study examines a particular form of ethnic resentment, namely the use of sport as a medium for expressing repressed ethnic feelings. It focuses on how a sports club, going beyond mere entertainment and athletics, becomes a center for disseminating ethnic sentiments. Specifically, it explores the role of Tractor, a football club founded in
Ehsan Kashfi
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Oil rents shocks and corruption in Iran
Review of Development Economics, Volume 29, Issue 2, Page 887-916, May 2025.Abstract We investigate the response of the news‐based corruption reflection index to positive shocks in oil rents in Iran. Using annual data spanning from 1962 to 2019, we employ the vector autoregressive model and analyze generalized impulse responses. Our findings reveal a statistically significant and positive (increasing) response of corruption to
Mohammad Reza Farzanegan, Reza Zamani
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Mobilized Resilience and Development under Sanctions in Iran
Development 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
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Thematic Reading of the Inscriptions on the Wooden Doors of Kashan's Blessed Tombs [PDF]
نگرهKashan city is one of the religious cities of Iran, which has been intertwined with the love of Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon him) since the beginning of the Islamic period.
Alireza Sheikhi, Maryam Kianfard
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