Inconceivable Iran

Author : Soraya Tremayne
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800736726

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Inconceivable Iran by Soraya Tremayne Pdf

Celebrating the 50th volume of the landmark Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality series, this book offers a much-needed analysis of shifting reproductive policies and practices in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a society that is usually represented as either “revolutionary” or “oppressive.” Instead, Tremayne reflects on more than four decades of research arguing that changing reproductive behaviors on the part of ordinary Iranians must always be viewed against the backdrop of core cultural values and traditions, which are often reinforced, instead of radically altered, by new reproductive technologies, juridical opinions, and state policies.

Author : Charles Kurzman
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2005-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0674039831

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The Unthinkable Revolution in Iran by Charles Kurzman Pdf

The shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, would remain on the throne for the foreseeable future: This was the firm conclusion of a top-secret CIA analysis issued in October 1978. One hundred days later the shah--despite his massive military, fearsome security police, and superpower support was overthrown by a popular and largely peaceful revolution. But the CIA was not alone in its myopia, as Charles Kurzman reveals in this penetrating work; Iranians themselves, except for a tiny minority, considered a revolution inconceivable until it actually occurred. Revisiting the circumstances surrounding the fall of the shah, Kurzman offers rare insight into the nature and evolution of the Iranian revolution and into the ultimate unpredictability of protest movements in general. As one Iranian recalls, The future was up in the air. Through interviews and eyewitness accounts, declassified security documents and underground pamphlets, Kurzman documents the overwhelming sense of confusion that gripped pre-revolutionary Iran, and that characterizes major protest movements. His book provides a striking picture of the chaotic conditions under which Iranians acted, participating in protest only when they expected others to do so too, the process approaching critical mass in unforeseen and unforeseeable ways. Only when large numbers of Iranians began to think the unthinkable, in the words of the U.S. ambassador, did revolutionary expectations become a self-fulfilling prophecy. A corrective to 20-20 hindsight, this book reveals shortcomings of analyses that make the Iranian revolution or any major protest movement seem inevitable in retrospect.

Author : Daniel Brumberg,Farideh Farhi
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780253020796

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Power and Change in Iran by Daniel Brumberg,Farideh Farhi Pdf

“By a wide margin, this book is the most sophisticated treatment of the internal dynamics and paradoxes of Iranian politics that I know of.” —Nader Hashemi, Director of the Center for Middle East Studies This volume provides an unparalleled and timely look at political, social, economic, and ideological dynamics in contemporary Iran. Through chapters on social welfare and privatization, university education, the role and authority of the Supreme Leader, the rule of law, the evolving electoral system, and the intense debate over human rights within and outside the regime, the contributors offer a comprehensive overview of Iranian politics. Their case studies reveal a society whose multiple vectors of contestation, negotiation, and competition are creating possibilities for transformation that are yet to be realized but whose outcome will affect the Islamic Republic, the region, and relations with the United States. “Offers a realistic, nuanced, and perceptive analysis of Iran’s complex and evolving political system . . . This book would be appropriate as required or recommended reading for any courses dealing with the Islamic Republic of Iran or with the politics of the Middle East, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels.” —Mohsen Milani, author of The Making of Iran’s Islamic Revolution

Author : Manshour Varasteh
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781780885575

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Understanding Iran's National Security Doctrine by Manshour Varasteh Pdf

This new academic and analytical book tackles the strategy of Iran’s security since the new millennium, when their national security policy was reviewed to secure Iran’s position. This was implemented by the newly elected President Mohammad Khatami and modified during the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The importance of the period from Khatami to Ahmadinejad is that the clerical establishment of the Iranian regime, in order to maintain stability of the system, chose two strategic doctrines: firstly, they supported Khatami’s ‘Policy of Appeasement’ – Detente – towards the West and tried to conduct reform within the system. Secondly, hard-line conservative Ahmadinejad was brought to power based on the ‘Policy of Confrontation’ and advocated conservative ideology, which resulted in more clashes with Western governments.This book explains the doctrine of Iran’s national security in the 21st century, examining the factors related to the formulation of their national security strategy. It aims to provide a clear understanding of the nature of the clerical system’s goals, their behavior patterns in a domestic environment, and the international community. This can only be made by taking into account their particular aim and the circumstances that prevailed when decisions were made and policies were formed. There are many books written on Iran which analyses the different aspects of the mullah’s regime, but there are currently no books that focus on its national security doctrine. Manshour Varasteh has written Understanding Iran’s National Security Doctrine to give a better understanding of the clerical regime’s ambitious politics. On this basis, it is hoped this book will shed some light on the politics of Iran. It will appeal to those interested in Iran’s politics.

Author : Alireza Nader,Ali G. Scotten,Ahmad Idrees Rahmani,Robert Stewart,Leila Mahnad
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780833085924

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Iran’s Influence in Afghanistan by Alireza Nader,Ali G. Scotten,Ahmad Idrees Rahmani,Robert Stewart,Leila Mahnad Pdf

This study explores Iranian influence in Afghanistan and the implications for the United States after most U.S. forces depart Afghanistan in 2016. Iran has substantial economic, political, cultural, and religious leverage in Afghanistan. Although Iran will attempt to shape a post-2014 Afghanistan, Iran and the United States share core interests: to prevent the country from again becoming dominated by the Taliban and a safe haven for al Qaeda.

Author : Khair El-Din Haseeb
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857738660

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Arab-Iranian Relations by Khair El-Din Haseeb Pdf

Regionally-based Arabs and Iranian scholars here explore the preoccupation of the economic, political, educational and strategist present of Arab-Iranian relationships in the context of the historical and cultural past. The issues covered include: historical ties and the current state of mutual awareness between Arabs and Iranians; the impact of the political and journalistic rhetoric of each side on their relationships; the image of Arabs and Iranians in each others' schoolbooks; economic ties and the prospects for their future development; the status of Arab and Iranian women; border and territorial disputes between Arab states and Iran; the position of Arab states and Iran on the Kurdish question; the Palestine question in Arab-Iranian relations; a comparative study of civil society in Iran and in Arab countries; and Arab-Iranian ties in the context of international relations.

Author : Riccardo Alcaro
Publisher : Springer
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319742984

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Europe and Iran’s Nuclear Crisis by Riccardo Alcaro Pdf

This book investigates the European involvement in managing the nuclear dispute with Iran, shedding new light on EU foreign policy-making. The author focuses on the peculiar format through which the EU managed Iran’s nuclear issue: a ‘lead group’ consisting of France, Germany and the UK and the High Representative for EU foreign policy (E3/EU). The experience of the E3/EU lends credibility to the claim that lead groups give EU foreign policy direction and substance. The E3/EU set up a negotiating framework that worked as a de-escalating tool, a catalyst for Security Council unity and a forum for crisis management. They inflicted pain on Iran by adopting a comprehensive sanctions regime, but did so only having secured US commitment to a diplomatic solution. Once the deal was reached, they defended it vigorously. The E3/EU may have been supporting actors, but their achievements were real.

Author : Rahil Roodsaz
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800736849

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Sexual Self-Fashioning by Rahil Roodsaz Pdf

Sexuality and gender have come to serve as measures for cultural belonging in discussions of the position of Muslim immigrants in multicultural Western societies. While the acceptance of assumed local norms such as sexual liberty and gender equality are seen as successful integration, rejecting them is regarded as a sign of failed citizenship. Focusing on premarital sex, homosexuality, and cohabitation outside marriage, this book provides an ethnographic account of sexuality among the Iranian Dutch. It argues that by embracing, rejecting, and questioning modernity in stories about sexuality, the Iranian Dutch actively engage in processes of self-fashioning.

Author : R. E. Emmerick
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Iranian languages
ISBN : 3447056703

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Iranian Languages and Texts from Iran and Turan by R. E. Emmerick Pdf

This Memorial Volume is dedicated to one of the most prolific and renowned scholars in the field of Iranian Studies, the late Professor Ronald E. Emmerick, who held the chair of Iranian Studies in Hamburg until his untimely death in 2001. The volume consists of thirty-three papers, written by some of the foremost scholars in the field of Iranian Studies. The articles are essentially concerned with Old, New and especially Middle Iranian languages and texts, reflecting the predominant scholarly interests of Ronald Emmerick, whose reasearches were also directed towards Indian and Tibetan Studies. Nine papers deal with the Khotanese and Tumshuquese language, one of Emmericks main ? elds of research. The volume is accompanied by an updated Bibliography and Indices of quotations and of words.

Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1354 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : United States
ISBN : UVA:X004331597

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Foreign Relations of the United States by United States. Department of State Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1188 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990
ISBN : MINN:31951P00482560R

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Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran-Contra Affair by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition Pdf

Author : Christin Marschall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2003-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134429912

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Iran's Persian Gulf Policy by Christin Marschall Pdf

This book examines the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran towards the Persian Gulf states from 1979 to 1998.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1252 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990
ISBN : UOM:39015034027220

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Report of the Congressional Committee Investigating the Iran-Contra Affair by Anonim Pdf

Author : Joseph G. Jabbra,Nancy Walstrom Jabbra
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9004108777

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Challenging Environmental Issues by Joseph G. Jabbra,Nancy Walstrom Jabbra Pdf

This co-edited volume addresses the major environmental problems faced by seven Middle Eastern Countries and the region of the Arabian/Persian Gulf. Leading scholars and experts explore methodically the strains that afflict that region's ecosystems and provide solutions to their protection.

Author : Chia-Ling Wu
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781800738522

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Making Multiple Babies by Chia-Ling Wu Pdf

Human beings have been producing more twins, triplets, and quadruplets than ever before, due to the expansion of medically assisted conception. This book analyzes the anticipatory regimes of making multiple babies. With archival documents, participant observation, in-depth interviews, and registry data, this book traces the global and local governance of the assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) used to tackle multiple pregnancy since the 1970s, highlighting the early promotion of single embryo transfer in Belgium and Japan and the making of the world's most lenient guidelines in Taiwan.