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Iran

Author

  • Eric Hooglund

Editor

  • Joel Krieger

Publishing year

2012

Language

English

Publication/Series

Oxford Companion to World Politics

Document type

Article in encyclopedia

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Topic

  • Other Social Sciences

Keywords

  • Soroush
  • secular and religious concerns
  • rural development
  • Revolution of 1979
  • Reformists
  • Rafsanjani
  • Pahlavi dynasty
  • mojahedin-e khalq
  • majlis
  • Islamic Republic
  • Islam
  • Iran-US relations
  • Iran-Iraq War
  • Iran
  • Khomeini
  • Khatami
  • Khamenehi
  • elections of 2005
  • economic and social policies
  • Ebadi
  • constitution
  • conservatives
  • cities
  • cinema
  • agriculture

Status

Inpress