The Islamic Republic of Iran emerged in 1979, replacing the 74-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...

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...

James Lyman Merrick was born into a farming family in western Massachusetts in 1803. In his youth, while completing a school project, he developed an enduring love for Persia that became a guiding light for his entire life. As a committed Christian of a...

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...