Britain's current foreign policy towards Iran and Salman Rushdie's situation, history of BP's origins as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company; the 1953 BP/MI6/CIA-orchestrated coup of Iran's president Mussadiq, who was intent on reclaiming Iran's resources from the grip of foreign powers.

History, language, pictures and essays about Persia. Some information on Cyrus, Darius, Achaemenid, Sassanian and Zoroaster.

Online book prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress.

(Encyclopedia.com)

(Encarta Encyclopedia).

Book by Zarin Behravesh Pakizegi.

Includes an introduction to the Assyrian, Persian, Parthian, Sassanid and Islamic Empires.

Uses Parthian drachmas to illustrate and illuminate the history of the Partian Empire.

Non-commercial, educational web site dedicated to the history and coins of ancient Parthia with sections on geography and resources. Includes a bibliography that exceeds 1,100 items directly concerned with Parthia.

Repository of documents related to the 1953 coup d'etat in Iran.

This section of Iransaga provides an insight into Persian history pre-twentieth century.

Short biography of Nadir Shah Afshar (1688-1747), who was a very harsh and suspicious ruler and who blinded his own son.

From Mage Publishing.