Iran in World History

CHAPTER 8
1. Ruhollah Khomeini, 
Islam and Revolution
, tr. Hamid Algar (Berkeley: Mizan 
Press, 1981), p. 46.
2. R. W. Apple Jr., “Khomeini’s Grip Appears at Its Tightest,” 
New York Times
, 
November 21, 1982, p. 28.
3. Quoted in Baqer Moin, 
Khomeini: Life of the Ayatollah
(London: I. B. Tauris, 
1999), p. 279.
4. Mohammad Hossein Mehrzad, “ ‘I Have Always Been a Reformist and Against 
the Extremists’: Interview with Faezeh Hashemi,” 
E‘temad
, 28 Mordad 1392 
[August 19, 2013] (translation by author).
5. Shirin Ebadi with Azadeh Moaveni, 
Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution 
and Hope
(New York: Random House, 2006), p. 204.
6. Robin Wright, 
Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East
(New York: Penguin, 2008), p. 296.
7. Mohammad Khatami, “Our Revolution and the Future of Islam,” in 
Islam, 
Liberty and Development
(Binghamton, NY: Institute of Global Cultural 
Studies, 1998), p. 65.
8. See the discussion on Juan Cole’s blog, “Ahmadinejad I Am Not Antisemitic,” 
Informed Comment
, June 26, 2006, www.juancole.com/2007/06/ahmadinejad-i-
am-not-anti-semitic.html.
9. www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/25/mehdi-karroubi-publishes_n_268036.
html.
10. Muhammad Ghazali, 
Kimiya-ye sa’adat
(The Alchemy of Happiness), tr. 
Muhammad Asim Bilal (Lahore: Kazi, 2001), p. 695. Ghazali also states in this 
passage that it is forbidden for merchants to sell Zoroastrians the items they need 
for their ceremonies.

---

Further Reading
GENERAL WORKS
Arberry, A. J. 
Classical Persian Literature
. London: Allen and Unwin, 1958.
Axworthy, Michael. 
A History of Iran: Empire of the Mind
. New York: Basic 
Books, 2008.
The Cambridge History of Iran
. 7 vols., various editors. Cambridge: Cambridge 
University Press, 1968–91.
Canby, Sheila R. 
Persian Painting
. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1993.
Daryaee, Touraj, ed. 
The Oxford Handbook of Iranian History
. New York: Oxford 
University Press, 2012.
Ferdowsi, Abolqasem. 
Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings
. Trans. Dick Davis. 
New York: Penguin, 2006.
Foltz, Richard. 
Religions of Iran: From Prehistory to the Present
. London: Oneworld 
Publications, 2013.
Ghirshman, Roman. 
The Arts of Ancient Iran from Its Origins to the Time of 
Alexander the Great
. New York: Golden Press, 1964.
Potts, D. T. 
Nomadism in Iran: From Antiquity to the Modern Era
. Oxford: Oxford 
University Press, 2014.
Potts, D. T., ed. 
The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Iran
. Oxford: Oxford University 
Press, 2013.
Skjærvø, Prods Oktor. 
The Spirit of Zoroastrianism
. New Haven: Yale University 
Press, 2011.
Yarshater, Ehsan, ed. 
Encyclopaedia Iranica
. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 
1982–89 and New York: Bibliotheca Persica, 1992–present.