Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Iran has been condemned in the West as a repressive theocracy. But the history of this vast nation of more than 90 million people is long and complicated. In ...
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"Understanding the Middle East requires more than following current events," Patricia Dlamini explains. "To understand the present, we must also explore the deeper layers of the past--how geography ...