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


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


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.”

National Geographic

Ancient Iran – Inside a Nation’s Persian Soul

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.

Websites of interest:

Art, Culture & History – Iran Chamber Society

The largest Iranian Website outside of Iran - Iranian.com