What is Iran?
Subtitle: a primer on culture, politics, and religion
By: by Laurie Blanton Pierce ; commissioned by Mennonite Central Committee.
Contributors: Mennonite Central Committee.
Publisher: Herald Press; Herald Pr
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Scottdale, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780836194463
Subjects: Iran -- Politics and government -- 1979-1997; Iran -- Politics and government -- 1997-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The faces and faiths of Iran ; The ethnic landscape of Iranian society ; The religious landscape of Iranian society; title: The Iranian revolution ; Background to the revolution ; The Islamic revolution ; The structure of the Iranian government ; Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini; title: Iran since the revolution : The Iran-Iraq war ; Politics, economy and society in post-revolution Iran; title: Iran and the west since 1979 : answers to common questions ; What was the hostage crisis? ; What was the involvement of the United States and other Western countries in the Iran-Iraq war? ; What was the Iran-contra affair? ; What sanctions and punitive financial measures have been imposed on Iran? ; What is Iran's human rights record? ; What is Iran's nuclear program? How should the international community respond? ; Is Iran a threat to Israel? ; Is it true that the Iranian government supports terrorism?; title: Anabaptist response to Iran : Mennonite involvement in Iran ; Things to keep in mind when thinking about Iran ; Working for peace : what can we do?