A cockroach landed Iranian cartoonist Mana Neyestani in jail and turned his life upside down.

Unlike much of the instant analysis that appeared at the time of the Iranian revolution, Iran: From Religious Dispute to Revolution is based upon extensive fiel

Since the 1979 revolution, scholars and policy makers alike have tended to see Iranian political actors as religiously driven—dedicated to overturning the int

This volume examines the major cultural, religious, political, and urban changes that took place in the Iranian world of Inner and Central Asia in the transitio

Tracing the link between changing attitudes toward body size and modern conceptions of class, society, and self.