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CLANDESTINE
SERVICE HISTORY, OVERTHROW OF PREMIER MOSSADEQ OF IRAN, (November 1952
- August 1953) , Secret CIA Report
Representatives
of British Intelligence met with Near East and Africa (NEA) Division representatives
in Washington during November and December 1952 for the purpose of discussing
joint war and stay behind plans in Iran. In attendance for British
Intelligence were Mr. Christopher Montague Woodhouse, recently Chief of
Station for British Intelligence in Tehran; .....
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BRIEF HISTORY OF WOMEN'S MOVEMENT IN IRAN (1850-2000) , by
Massoumeh Price
Any analysis
of the women's movement in Iran is a very complicated task and requires
time and space. This very brief article is meant to provide much needed
basic information for the general public and to provide a coherent picture
of what has been happening over the last two centuries.......
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WOMEN'S
LIVES IN ANCIENT PERSIA , by Massoumeh Price
Any analysis
of women's lives and status in ancient times is a very complicated task
and needs time and space. This very brief article intends to provide much
needed basic information based on archaeological evidence and will primarily
deal with women in Achaemenid times. The material is based on Fortification
and Treasury texts discovered at Persepolis (509-438 BC) and documents
recovered...
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TRANSLATION
MOVEMENT IN IRAN; Sassanian Era, to Year 2000, Expansion, Preservation
and Modernization , by Massoumeh Price
Translation
in the Middle & Near East has existed ever since the second millennium
BC. Administrative documents plus literary and religious texts were translated
back and forth from Sumerian, Akkadian, Elamite and Babylonian throughout
the area. Achaemenian had their documents and texts translated in all the
languages of the Empire including Aramaic that was used parallel to ancient
Persian as the language of the court .....
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BRIEF HISTORY OF IRANIAN JEWS ,
by Massoumeh Price
Iranian Jews
are amongst the oldest inhabitants of the country. The origin of Jewish
Diaspora in Persia is closely connected with various events in Israel's
ancient history. At the time of the Assyrian king, Tiglath-pileser III
(727 BC) thousands of Jews were deported from Israel and forced to settle
in Media....
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