From Kenneth M. Pollack's The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict between Iran and America (Random House, 2004). CHAPTER 1 From Persepolis to the Pahlavis To understand
Reprinted from The New York Times Twenty-four years ago today, a 78-year-old ayatollah with fierce eyes named Ruhollah Khomeini landed in an Air France plane
From Elaine Sciolino's “Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran” (2000, Free Press). No American reporter has more experience covering Iran or more access to