John H. Lorentz teaches at Shawnee State University where he also serves as Director of the Center for International Programs and Activities.

...students of the Middle East and of the US's Middle East policy will find this dictionary an indispensable supplement to their studies....Highly recommended.

• Part 1 List of Figures and TablesPart 2 Editor's ForewordPart 3 PrefacePart 4 AcknowledgmentsPart 5 Reader's NotesPart 6 Acronyms and AbbreviationsPart 7 ChronologyPart 8 IntroductionPart 9 MapPart 10 THE DICTIONARYPart 11 Appendix A: Basic FactsPart 12 Appendix B: Provinces: Area and PopulationsPart 13 Appendix C: Principal Towns and PopulationsPart 14 Appendix D: Text of UN Security Council Resolution 598Part 15 Appendix E: Iranian Statesmen: 1787-2005Part 16 Appendix F: Iranian Government StructurePart 17 Appendix G: Institutional Relationships of GovernmentPart 18 BibliographyPart 19 IndexPart 20 About the Author

John H. Lorentz teaches at Shawnee State University where he also serves as Director of the Center for International Programs and Activities.

...students of the Middle East and of the US's Middle East policy will find this dictionary an indispensable supplement to their studies....Highly recommended.

• Part 1 List of Figures and TablesPart 2 Editor's ForewordPart 3 PrefacePart 4 AcknowledgmentsPart 5 Reader's NotesPart 6 Acronyms and AbbreviationsPart 7 ChronologyPart 8 IntroductionPart 9 MapPart 10 THE DICTIONARYPart 11 Appendix A: Basic FactsPart 12 Appendix B: Provinces: Area and PopulationsPart 13 Appendix C: Principal Towns and PopulationsPart 14 Appendix D: Text of UN Security Council Resolution 598Part 15 Appendix E: Iranian Statesmen: 1787-2005Part 16 Appendix F: Iranian Government StructurePart 17 Appendix G: Institutional Relationships of GovernmentPart 18 BibliographyPart 19 IndexPart 20 About the Author

John H. Lorentz teaches at Shawnee State University where he also serves as Director of the Center for International Programs and Activities.

...students of the Middle East and of the US's Middle East policy will find this dictionary an indispensable supplement to their studies....Highly recommended.

• Part 1 List of Figures and TablesPart 2 Editor's ForewordPart 3 PrefacePart 4 AcknowledgmentsPart 5 Reader's NotesPart 6 Acronyms and AbbreviationsPart 7 ChronologyPart 8 IntroductionPart 9 MapPart 10 THE DICTIONARYPart 11 Appendix A: Basic FactsPart 12 Appendix B: Provinces: Area and PopulationsPart 13 Appendix C: Principal Towns and PopulationsPart 14 Appendix D: Text of UN Security Council Resolution 598Part 15 Appendix E: Iranian Statesmen: 1787-2005Part 16 Appendix F: Iranian Government StructurePart 17 Appendix G: Institutional Relationships of GovernmentPart 18 BibliographyPart 19 IndexPart 20 About the Author