The Islamic Republic of Iran emerged in 1979, replacing the 54-year-old Pahlavi monarchy in what remains the only explicitly anti-Enlightenment revolution in modern history. Over the past forty-five years, the Islamic Republic has defied expectations by...

SECOND PRINTING. Armenian-Iranian interactions date back to the depths of antiquity. At times, Armenia and Iran were friends and allies, even sharing common dynasties, and at other times fierce and unrelenting adversaries. Whatever their political...

This book adopts a thematic and comparative approach to shed light on the antagonism of these two nations. Its first part deals with the Armenian and Azerbaijani self-representation of their nations’ identity and historical territory. This is the core...

The Republic of Georgia emerged anew with the collapse of the Soviet Union, embarking on a transformative journey to establish a pro-Western democracy. For over two decades, successive Georgian leaders sought closer integration with the European Union and...

Prior to being converted to Islam in the second half of the seventh century, Zoroastrian Iran (Persia) had developed a sophisticated legal system under Sasanian rule (226-651 C.E.). It possessed, however, no formal legal code, but, rather, collections of...

This book recounts a remarkable true story of courage and compassion during the Great War, focusing on a group of eighteen American missionaries in Urumia (located in northwestern Iran) who protected and cared for 25,000 Christian refugees—mainly...