Introduction

Related Links

Iranian Revolution

  • The Story of the Revolution (http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/revolution/) - a detailed web resource from the BBC World Service Persian Branch, devoted to the Iranian Revolution (audio recordings in Persian, transcripts in English)
  • The Reunion - The Shah of Iran's Court (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/reunion/reunion4.shtml) - BBC Radio 4 presents an audio program featuring reminiscences of the Iranian Revolution by key members of the pre-Revolutionary elite
  • BBC World's "Iranian revolution in pictures" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/04/middle_east_the_iranian_revolution/html/1.stm)

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Further Reading on Iranian Revolution
(from Wikipedia.org)

  • Afshar, Haleh (ed.), Iran: A Revolution in Turmoil, Albany: SUNY Press, 1985.
  • Barthel, Günter (ed.), Iran: From Monarchy to Republic, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1983.
  • Daniel, Elton L., The History of Iran, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000.
  • Esposito, John L. (ed.), The Iranian Revolution: Its Global Impact, Miami: Florida International University Press, 1990.
  • Hiro, Dilip, Holy Wars: The Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism, New York: Routledge, 1989. 334p. (Chapter 6: Iran: Revolutionary Fundamentalism in Power)
  • Legum, Colin, et al. (eds), Middle East Contemporary Survey: Volume III, 1978-79, New York: Holmes & Meier Publishers, 1980.
  • Munson, Henry, Jr, Islam and Revolution in the Middle East, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988.
  • Nobari, Ali-Reza (ed.), Iran Erupts: Independence: News and Analysis of the Iranian National Movement, Stanford: Iran-America Documentation Group, 1978.
  • Rahnema, Saeed & Sohrab Behdad (eds), Iran After the Revolution: Crisis of an Islamic State, London: I.B. Tauris, 1995.
  • Sick, Gary, All Fall Down: America's Tragic Encounter with Iran, New York: Penguin Books, 1986.
    Smith, Frank E. The Iranian Revolution (http://www.fsmitha.com/h2/ch29ir.html), 1998
  • Society for Iranian Studies, Iranian Revolution in Perspective, Special volume of Iranian Studies, 1980 (volume 13, no. 1-4).
  • Time magazine, Jan 7, 1980. 'Man of the Year'. (Ayatollah Khomeini)
  • U.S. Department of State, American Foreign Policy Basic Documents, 1977-1980, Washington, DC: GPO, 1983. (JX 1417 A56 1977-80 REF - 67 pages on Iran)
  • Yapp, M.E., The Near East Since the First World War: A History to 1995, London: Longman, 1996. (Chapter 13: Iran, 1960-1989)