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Iran Chamber Society

Iran Chamber Society aims to create a global awareness about Iranian society and eradicate the misunderstandings and misconceptions about Iranian society, and to play an educational role as well.
Culture of Iran

The object of this site is to provide a brief and accurate portrayal of Iranian culture. I have attempted to trace the origins and symbolism of the major Iranian celebrations, ceremonies and rituals, in addition to their present forms.

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About Iran in CountryWatch

On Feb. 1, 1979, a religious leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, returned from France to direct a revolution that resulted in a new, theocratic republic guided by Islamic principles. Back in Iran after 15 years in exile, Khomeini remained Iran's national
CQ Press: U.S. Policy on Iran

The Bush administration is turning up the heat on Iran. In October President Bush said Iran's nuclear program raised the specter of World War III. Then Vice President Cheney warned of "serious consequences" if Iran stayed on course as a "terror-supporting
Between Warrior Brothers and Veiled Sisters

Between Warrior Brothers and Veiled Sisters - Minoo Moallem
Call Number: eBook
ISBN/ISSN: 0520243455
Minoo Moallem challenges the mainstream stereotypical representation of Islam and Muslims as backward, fanatical, and premodern by showing how Islamic nationalism and fundamentalism are by-products of modernity. Writing with a deep personal and scholarly concern for recent Iranian history, Moallem refers to the gendered notions of brother and sister as keys to understanding the invention of the Islamic ummat as a modern fraternal community. Using magazines, novels, and films, she offers a feminist transnational analysis of contemporary Iranian culture that questions dominant binaries of modern and traditional, West and East, secular and religious, and civilized and barbaric.