Iran

Ali M. Ansari is Professor of Iranian History & Founding Director of the Institute for Iranian Studies at the University of St Andrews; Senior Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute; Vice President of the British Institute for Persian Studies. He is the author of The Politics of Nationalism in Modern Iran (CUP, 2012) and Crisis of Authority: Iran's 2009 Presidential Election (Chatham House, 2010). In 2013 Ali Ansari was elected President of BIPS.

It is a considerable challenge to sum up the essense of Iran, with its recorded history of more than 2,500 years, in only a little more than a hundred pages. But Ali Ansari does so effectively by focusing on the multi-layered identity of the Iranians.

• 1. Preface ; 2. The West and Iran ; 3. Iran and Persia ; 4. Iran and Islam ; 5. Iran and the West ; 6. Conclusion ; Further reading ; Index

1. 5/5

   Readable and sufficient

   Professor Ali Ansari is a highly qualified scholar in this field ,. The book is short and compact but also deep enough to be a basic source not only for students but also for those who are looking for advanced assessments in Iranian historical studies . I worked as a diplomat in Tehran and spend considerable years of my age studying Iran but still I could learn a lot from this short study.

   Faez

   14 juli 2015