Iran's contested election: Populism and youth power
By Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, professor of economics, Virginia Teach

http://www.research.vt.edu/resmag/2010winter/iran.html



Smithsonian Magazine: Inside Iran’s Fury 
Scholars trace the nation’s antagonism to its history of domination by foreign powers.
By Stephen Kinzer

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/28393684.html

N.Y. Times – What Iran’s Jews Say?

By Roger Cohen

At Palestine Square, opposite a mosque called Al-Agsa, is a synagogue where Jews of this ancient city gather at dawn. Over the entrance is a banner saying: “Congratulations on the 30^th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution from the Jewish community of Esfahan.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/opinion/23cohen.html?th&emc=th

National Geographic

Ancient Iran – Inside a Nation’s Persian Soul

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/08/iran-archaeology/del-giudice-text

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates called on Wednesday for more unofficial contacts with Iran, saying this might eventually open a pathway to more substantive dialogue between the governments.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN1451969220080515

Websites of interest:

Art, Culture & History – Iran Chamber Society

http://www.iranchamber.com/index/iran_guide.php

The largest Iranian Website outside of Iran

http://iranian.com/