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| lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/middle_east.html Set of political and relief maps produced by the CIA covering all the countries in the Arabian Peninsula and the Middle East, including several maps of Iraq, Kuwait and Kurdish areas in the Middle East. | |
| odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ir.html Basic reference information about Iran, including details of geography, people, economy, government, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Geographical information includes area, population, flag, maps, high and low points, co | ||
| travel-guide.com/data/irn/irn.asp Basic reference information about Iran, population, geography, language, religion, time zone, history , capital, population density, such as area and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, | ||
| iranmania.com/ Catalogue of Iranian and Persian related resources, covering areas such as art and literature, economics, software, business, entertainment, sport, history, religion, and travel. Also offers a directory of Iranian email addresses, an image searching servi | ||
| www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/ARI/ Full text of the inscriptions of the Achaemenid Persian kings in Old Persian, Elamite, Akkadian, and, where appropriate, Aramaic and Egyptian with English translations. Includes inscriptions from Persepolis and Naqsh-i Rustam, a bibliography, photographs, | ||
| parstimes.com/ Includes searchable information and links on news, politics, economic developments, sport and weather in the region, as well as reference data. Offers comprehensive information pertaining to Iran. | ||
| volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/sorted_by_country.html Photographs, height, latitude and longitude and descriptive information about numerous active volcanoes in over 40 countries in the world. | ||
| sil.org/ethnologue/countries/Iran.html Also some demographic data such as rates of literacy, blindness and deafness. A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in Iran, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language. | ||
| parthia.com/ Information about the history, geography, coins, art, and culture of the Parthian Empire, a period of Persian history from 247 BC to AD 228. Details are provided about the Parthians' subkingdoms, Characene, Elymais, and Persis, and resources such as ancie | ||
| bbc.co.uk/persian/revolution/ Presented in audio format in Persian or as text in English. Traces the historical foundation of the Islamic Republic of Iran in four parts titled Ayatollah Khomeini returns, One country - two governments, The last struggle of the army, and Revolution Day. | ||
| let.uu.nl/oosters/EJOS/EJOS-1.html Issues are offered free of charge, and an outline of the journal's editorial policy is available. Journal devoted to Arabic, Persian, and Turkic studies with PDF articles covering Empires, religion, and politics. | ||
| door.acad.cai.cam.ac.uk/~sarn2/html_files/iran.html Index to Iranian resources, directories, including the Sufi tradition, Kurdish information and news. | ||
| iranian.com/History/Feb98/Revolution/ Chronology of events leading to the fall of the monarchy on the eve of the anniversary of the Iranian revolution of 1978/79. | ||
| politicalresources.net/iran.htm Listing of political resources relevant to Iran, government, with links to parties, organisations, media and results of recent elections and results of recent elections, where available. | ||
| tehran.stanford.edu/ People groups covered are Persians, Turks, Arabs, Baloochies and Kurds, with languages including Farsi and Arabic. Indexes to Iranian culture, conferences, geography, history, literature, school, travel and sports. | ||
| lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/irtoc.html Detailed handbook describing the history of Iran and analysing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. Particular attention | ||
| state.gov/www/global/human_rights/1998_hrp_report/iran.html Detailed assessment of human rights practices in Iran. Topics assessed include torture, arbitrary detention or exile, fair public trial, freedom of speech and press, freedom of assembly, movement and religion; democratic rights, worker rights, and discrim | ||
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