Iran in World History

Avesta—Zoroastrian Archives
www.avesta.org
An easily accessible, searchable 
repository of ancient Iranian texts 
translated into English. The site 
should be used with caution, since 
most of the translations are quite 
outdated and often inaccurate. It is 
nevertheless valuable as many of the 
texts are not available in any other 
English translation elsewhere.
British Institute for Persian 
Studies (BIPS)
http://bips.ac.uk
Mainly, though not entirely, 
concerned with archaeology; the 
institute’s activities inside Iran were 
suspended after the revolution. Still, 
its site contains useful news of the 
field, information about research 
grants, lectures, workshops, and 
other Iran-related events (mostly 
in the UK), and access to the BIPS 
academic journal, 
Iran
.
Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies
www.cais-soas.com
A repository of articles on pre-Islamic 
Iran, some scholarly and others less so.
Encyclopaedia Iranica online
www.iranica.com
Online edition of the primary scholarly 
reference for articles on Iranian history 
and civilization, edited by former 
Columbia professor Ehsan Yarshater.
Foundation for Iranian Studies
www.fis-iran.org
Offers a number of online resources, 
including an Iranian Oral History 
Project, an Iranian Women’s Center, 
audio samples of Persian classical 
music, and archives of the Pahlavi 
dynasty.
Golha Project
www.golha.org
Extensive, searchable online database 
of music and poetry from Iranian 
radio programs.
Harvard (Ancient) Iranian 
Studies
www.fas.harvard.edu/~iranian
A very useful and reliable site run 
by Harvard Iranologist P. Oktor 
Skjærvø, including instruction in 
ancient Iranian languages, religions, 
and translations of texts not included 
in his published book 
The Spirit of 
Zoroastrianism
.