JPN: Seek Truth: Iran

Finding Out about Iran

After focusing on Iran in the 1999-02 period, I've let this slide. Still is a remarkable, fascinating country that I hope to learn more about.

Iran Daily	English language daily paper. Offers PDF files of its actual pages. Run by the government, supportive of President Khatami, that is a moderate reform view. (Up 2/19/03, posted before 5/20/00)
Tehran Times	Daily newspaper in English. Reflects the conservative but not extreme hardline perspective. (Up 2/19/03, posted before 5/20/00)
Iran Press Service	Paris-based agency. Strongly reformist. (Up 2/19/03, posted before 5/20/00)
Iran OnLine	Their newsroom (home page has general info as well). Sources include Real Audio feeds of TV news (in English). (Up 4/02/02, posted before 5/20/00)
Ettela'at	International Persian Newspaper. Has one English language page a day. Focuses on economic aspects of Iran. (Up 4/02/02, posted before 5/20/00)
Iran Weekly Press Digest	News. Has archives. Full edition requires subscription. (Up 5/20/01, posted before 5/20/00)
Iran News	(Up 5/20/01, posted before 5/20/00)
Islamic Republic News Agency	Official Government press agency. (Up 7/11/02, posted before 5/20/00)
Iran Press Analysis	Weekly review of Iran's press from a consulting company. Full edition is expensive. (Up 5/20/01, posted before 5/20/00)
DNI	Daily news brief from Iran Daneshjoo Organization, a student group. Reformist. Reprints stories from many sources. (Gone 4/02/02, was up 5/1/01, posted before 5/20/00)
RFE Iran Report	Weekly analysis from Radio Free Europe. Always ready to have a pessimistic view of what is going on. (Up 4/2/02, posted before 5/20/00)

Deterring a Nuclear Iran, Jason Zaborski, Washington Quarterly, Summer 2005, p. 153-69. Useful set of ideas on how to approach a post-reformist Iran. (Up 11/24/05)

Getting Ready for a Nuclear-Ready Iran, Henry Sokolski, Patrick Clawson, eds., Strategic Studies Institute, Oct. 2005 (Up 1/30/06)

Neo-Conservatives, Hardline Clerics and the Bomb, Kaveh Ehsani & Chris Toensing, Middle East Report, Winter 2004, p. 10 Survey of Iranian nuclear history.

More analysis

My Analysis

U.S. policy toward Iran: why it isn't productive (Jan. 1999 analysis).

My writing on Iran appeared in the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs.

Terror State?: Evaluation of claims of terror involvement by the Iranian government.

Guides

Significant People

Media Political orientation of various journals.

Political Parties, and related groupings.

Political Organizations

Political analysis
Iran Human Rights	Quarterly coverage of human rights issues from Iranian Human Rights Working Group. (Up 4/02/02; posted 5/20/00)
NetIran	News, who's who in Iran, laws, government structure, etc. Much useful background info. (Up 4/02/02; posted 5/20/00)
Iran Bulletin	Quarterly. In-depth political, social, religious and historical analysis. (Up 5/20/00)
Center for Iranian Research and Analysis.	Publishes a journal. (Up 4/2/02; posted 6/1/00)
Independent Iran Observer	News, links to other news sources. Also background info on officials, culture, etc. (Up 12/5/99)
Iranians for International Cooperation	Political Organization that publishes a monthly newsletter, Iran Analysis, with perspecitves on Iran. (Up 5/20/00)
PEN on Iran	Information on freedom and human rights in Iran. Not updated since 1998. (Up 5/20/00)
Iran Weekly	Not recently updated. (Up 12/5/99)
Iranian Journal of International Affairs	Not recently updated. (Up 12/5/99)
Iran Virtual Library	General info. (Up 12/5/99)
UN on Human Rights	UN Documents on the Human Rights situation in Iran. (Up 2/13/00)
Zan	News about women in Iran. (Up 5/8/00)
Center for Arab and Iranian Studies	Publishes Iran Briefing which might in the future have some on-line articles. (Up 5/20/00)

Culture & history
Persia Net	Promoting the cultural heritage of Iran. (Up 6/1/00)
Gallery	Gallery of Iranian Art, Standford University. Art, pictures of Iran, Persian carpets. (Up 6/1/00)
Cyber Iran	Also has news, books for sale. (Up 1/9/00)
IranBooks	Sells English and Persian books on Iran. (Up 5/20/00)
Persia.org	Iranian Cultural Information Center: culture, photos, history. (Up 1/9/00)

Background & reference
Country Study	U. S. Government Publication, but excellent. Covers history, geography, economy, national security. (Up 12/5/99)
Constitution	Text of 1979 Constitution (Up 6/1/00)

Various
Iranian Railways	Unofficial homepage. Timetables. (Up 2/20/00)

Collections of breaking stories
IranMainia	Their headline links. (Up7/11/02, posted before 5/20/00)
Payvand	Collects direct links to stories about Iran from many sources. (Up 7/11/02, posted before6/01/00)
Yahoo Iran News	Yahoo's Iran news page. (Up 5/20/01, posted before 2/20/00)
Our Iran	News sources and links. (Up 5/20/01, posted before 3/11/00)
Iran Navigate	News sources, also sports. (Up 5/20/01, posted before 3/11/00)

Link collections
IranMainia	Search engine with Iranian focus. (Up 9/20/01; posted 5/20/00)
Iran Online	Link collection. (Up 2/20/00)
Yahoo	Iran Country page. (Up 7/11/02; posted 2/20/00)
CyberIran	Their link collection. (Up 12/5/99)
Payvand	Their link collection. (Up 2/20/00)
Columbia	Area Studies, Columbia University. (Up 5/20/00)
U. of Texas	Center for Middle East Studies, U. of Texas. (Up 12/5/99)