Iran A Country Study
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: June 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9781419126703
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Middle East - Iran; History; History - General History; Middle East; Middle East - General
First sentence: Members of the Achaemenid royal bodyguard, from a bas-relief at Persepolis THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION in 1979 brought a sudden end to the rule of the Pahlavi dynasty, which for fifty years had been identified with the attempt to modernize and Westernize Iran.