Nomination of Richard Helms to be ambassador to Iran and CIA international and domestic activities : hearings before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress, first session on nomination of Richard Helms, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, on his nomination to be Ambassador to Iran and CIA International and Domestic Activities, February 5 and 7 and May 21, 1973 (the February 7 hearing was held in executive session and classified secret....

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The voyages and travells of the ambassadors sent by Frederick, Duke of Holstein, to the Great Duke of Muscovy and the King of Persia : begun in the year M.DC.XXXIII. and finish'd in M.DC.XXXIX : containing a compleat history of Muscovy, Tartary, Persia, and other adjacent countries : with several publick transactions reaching near the present times : in VII. books.... by Olearius, Adam, 1603-1671

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The voyages & travels of the ambassadors sent by Frederick Duke of Holstein, to the great Duke of Muscovy, and the King of Persia : begun in the year M.DC.XXXIII, and finish'd in M.DC.XXXIX : containing a compleat history of Muscovy, Tartary, Persia, and other adjacent countries : with several publick transactions reaching neer the present times, in VII books : whereto are added the Travels of John Albert de Mandelslo, (a gentleman belonging to the embassy) from Persia, into the East-Indies containing a particular description of Indosthan, the Mogul's Empire, the oriental ilands [sic], Japan, China, &c. and the revolutions which happened in those countries, within these few years, in III books : the whole work illustrated with divers accurate mapps, and figures / by Olearius, Adam, 1603-1671

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Creation : a novel / by Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012

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Our man in Tehran /

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Our man in Tehran : the true story behind the secret mission to save six Americans during the Iran Hostage Crisis and the foreign ambassador who worked with the CIA to bring them home / by Wright, Robert A. 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Tehran -- The unlikely ambassador -- Revolution -- The downward spiral -- The overthrow of the Shah -- Ayatollah Khomeini in power -- Fateful decisions -- Hostages and Houseguests -- Marg bar Amrika! …”

Historia de dos monjes peregrinos : de oriente a occidente : la travesia de Mar Yahballaha y Rabban Sauma a finales del siglo XIII.

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The life and times of the Shah / by Afkhami, Gholam R.

Table of Contents: “…Principles of Iran's white revolution --Appendix 3. U.S. Ambassadors to Iran, 1941-1979.…”

Iran's Qods force : proxy wars, terrorism, and the war on America / by Sirrs, Owen L.

Table of Contents: “…The Iranian Revolution's Everyman -- Baptism by Fire -- War with Iraq -- The Lebanon Corps -- The Hezbollah Trojan Horse -- The Khobar Towers Bombing -- The Qods Force in Afghanistan -- The Qods Force and 9/11 -- Iran and al-Qaeda -- Iran and Afghanistan after 9/11 -- The Greater Prize -- A Multidimensional Campaign in Iraq -- Task Force -- Undeclared Covert War -- Overlord of Iraq -- The Saudi Ambassador Plot -- The Yemen Trap -- Encircled -- The Odd Couple -- A Qods Force Tragedy -- Coalition Warfare -- General Soleimani Goes to Moscow -- Entrenchment -- Everywhere but Nowhere -- Conclusion.…”
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Words, not swords : Iranian women writers and the freedom of movement / by Milani, Farzaneh

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: keeping women in their place -- A legacy of containment -- Enclosed bodies, trapped voices, framed images: the poetics of sex segregation -- The bonds of beauty: immobilizing the ideal woman in Iranian literature -- Pardeh Neshin, or "she who sits behind the screen": the spatial politics of Iranian cinema -- Wings and words -- Badasht and Seneca Falls: Taririh Qurratulayn and Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- Icarus reborn: captivity and flight in the work of Forugh Farrokhzad -- The gypsy poet: fluidity and flux in the poetry of Simin Behbahani -- Women on the road: Shahrnush Parsipur and the conference of female birds -- Prisoners awaiting liberation -- Reading and misreading Iranian women in the United States: on abducted daughters, incarcerated girls, and invisible women -- Epilogue: words as ambassadors of peace and beacons of hope.…”
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Farewell Shiraz : an Iranian Memoir of Revolution and Exile. by Kadivar, Cyrus

Table of Contents: “…-- Farewell youth -- Part 2: Exile -- Displaced -- Café de la Paix -- After Khomeini -- Reunion -- The Shah's ghost -- Part 3: Witnesses and survivors -- Past errors -- Whirlwind -- Night of the generals -- Sentimental journey -- Father and son -- Soraya -- Persepolis revisited -- Ex-ambassador -- No regrets -- Palace witnesses -- Master of ceremonies -- Security of the realm -- The diplomat -- The general's widow -- Khosrowdad -- Blue eyes -- Hoveyda's end -- The last empress -- Epilogue -- Sources and bibliography -- Photographic credits -- Index.…”
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The life and times of the Shah / by Afkhami, Gholam R.

Table of Contents: “…Principles of Iran's white revolution --Appendix 3. U.S. Ambassadors to Iran, 1941-1979.…”
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Farewell Shiraz : an Iranian memoir of revolution and exile / by Kadivar, Cyrus

Table of Contents: “…-- Farewell youth -- Part 2: Exile -- Displaced -- Café de la Paix -- After Khomeini -- Reunion -- The Shah's ghost -- Part 3: Witnesses and survivors -- Past errors -- Whirlwind -- Night of the generals -- Sentimental journey -- Father and son -- Soraya -- Persepolis revisited -- Ex-ambassador -- No regrets -- Palace witnesses -- Master of ceremonies -- Security of the realm -- The diplomat -- The general's widow -- Khosrowdad -- Blue eyes -- Hoveyda's end -- The last empress -- Epilogue -- Sources and bibliography -- Photographic credits -- Index.…”
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Treacherous alliance : the secret dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States / by Parsi, Trita

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : an eight hundred-pound gorilla -- The cold war era -- An alliance of necessity : the secret friendship of the Shah -- Rise of Israel, rise of Iran -- Iran's quest for supremacy -- Sealing demise in the moment of triumph -- Megalomania -- The rise of Begin and the Israeli right -- Enter the sign of God -- Ideological shifts, geopolitical continuities -- Saddam attacks -- Scandal -- The dying gasp of the periphery doctrine -- The unipolar era -- The new world order -- Trading enemies -- From cold peace to cold war -- With Likud, the periphery doctrine returns -- Khatami's d⥴ente -- Betrayal in Afghanistan -- Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory -- Looking ahead -- Facing the future, facing reality -- Appendix A : Iran's May 2003 negotiation proposal to the United States -- Appendix B : Original U.S. draft negotiation proposal -- Appendix C : Letter from Ambassador Guldimann to the U.S. State Department.…”

Treacherous alliance : the secret dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States / by Parsi, Trita

Table of Contents: “…-- Scandal -- The dying gasp of the periphery doctrine -- The unipolar era -- The new world order -- Trading enemies -- From cold peace to Cold War -- With Likud, the periphery doctrine returns -- Khatami's détente -- Betrayal in Afghanistan -- Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory -- Looking ahead -- Facing the future, facing reality -- Notes -- Appendix A : Iran's May 2003 negotiation proposal to the United States -- Appendix B : original U.S. draft negotiation proposal -- Appendix C : letter from Ambassador Guldimann to the U.S. State Department.…”
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Coping with Iran : confrontation, containment, or engagement? : a conference report / by Dobbins, James, 1942-

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Iran and the Deccan : Persianate art, culture, and talent in circulation, 1400-1700 /

Table of Contents: “…Khalilullah "Padishah of the Pen": Royal Scribe and Ambassador of Shah 'Abbas and Ibrahim 'Adil Shah II / Hamidreza Ghelichkhani, translated by Kimia Maleki and Jake Benson…”
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Face the nation.

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Face the nation.

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