Notes: A leading expert on Iran presents a comprehensive history of the country, from the Persian Empire to the Islamic Republic’s role in the Middle East.

Notes: In an exploration of post-revolutionary Iranian life, Christopher de Bellaigue presents the voices and memories of a “worn-out generation” of Iranians: traders, soldiers, film-makers, clerics, and more.

Notes: Preeminent scholar Hamid Dabashi, a professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, traces Iran’s political and cultural history over the past two centuries

Notes: Afshin weaves the tale of nearly 3,000 years of Iranian history with real-life concerns of students of the right and left, bazaar merchants, feminists, government officials, and more.