Iran

Abadan Abbasids Achaemenid affairs Afghanistan AIOC al-Din American Anatolia Arab Armenians army Article Assembly Azerbaijan became British Bukhara caliph capital Caspian cent Central Asia century A.D. Communists concession conquered conquest court culture defeated developed dynasty economic elections empire European forces foreign Greek Hafiz history of Iran imam important India influence invasion Iranian government Iraq Isfahan Islam Ismail Kartir Khan Khurasan Khuzistan king Kirman Kurds land landlords language London Majlis Medes ment Middle East military Mongol Mossadegh mountains Muhammad Muslim mystics National nomads official organization Parthians peasant Persian plateau poetry poets political pre-Islamic prime minister province Qajars Qavam Razmara reform religion religious leaders revolt Reza Shah rule ruler Russians Safavid Samanids Sassanian Seljuq Shah Abbas Shah's Shiite Shiraz sians Soviet Union successors Sunnite Tabriz Tehran tion treaty tribes troops Tudeh Turkish Turks Umayyads United villages West Western Zoroastrianism