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London) - Center for Iranian Studies (Columbia University) - Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies (Princeton U.) - Center for Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies (U. Oklahoma) - Center for Iranian Studies Ankara (IRAM) - Commission for Iranian Studies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences - Consortium for Iranian Studies (San Francisco State U.) - Encyclopedia Iranica - Center for Iranian Studies (US) - Foundation for Iranian Studies (US) - ILEX Foundation (US) - The Institute for Iranian Contemporary Historical Studies (IICHS) - Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS) - Institut Français de Recherche en Iran (France) - Institut d'études iraniennes (France) - Institut für Iranistik (Universität Berlin) - Institut für Indologie und Iranistik (Universität München) - Institute of Iranian Studies (University of St Andrews) - International institute for Iranian Studies - The International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS) - Iranian Academy of Persian Language and Literature - Iran Shahr Research Association - Institute of Iranian Studies (University of St Andrews) - Iranian Studies Program (Concordia University) - Iranian Studies (Harvard) - Iranian Studies Initiative (NYU) - Iranian Studies (UC Berkeley) - Iranian Studies (UC Davis) - Iranian Studies at NELC (UCLA) - The Iranian Studies initiative (UCSB) - The Iranian Studies Initiative (U. 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Digital Archives & Manuscripts Asnad (Digital Persian Archive) - Avestan Digital Archive - Center of Historical Documents - Iranian Archives - Nashriyah: Digital Iranian History (U. Manchester} - Persian Digital Library (UMD) - Persian manuscripts (British Library) - Persian manuscripts (Library of Congress) - Persian language manuscripts (Library of Congress) - Qatar Digital Library Archives - Persia - World Digital Library Online Databases Mag Iran - Noor Mags Reference The Cambridge History of Iran (7 Volumes) Lectures & Seminars Achaemenid Seminar (CS Fullerton) Alborz Conference (UCI) Babak and the End of Late Antiquity in Iran (UCLA) The Centennial of the Persian Constitutional Movement I (Champman U.) | II Images and Lives in Ancient Persia Seminar (Bowers Musuem) The presence of Iran in the ancietnt world (UCI) The Talmud in Its Iranian Context (UCLA) Cultural Heritage News RICHT News (English) | Persian Back to top Front Page
Online Databases Mag Iran - Noor Mags Reference The Cambridge History of Iran (7 Volumes) Lectures & Seminars Achaemenid Seminar (CS Fullerton) Alborz Conference (UCI) Babak and the End of Late Antiquity in Iran (UCLA) The Centennial of the Persian Constitutional Movement I (Champman U.) | II Images and Lives in Ancient Persia Seminar (Bowers Musuem) The presence of Iran in the ancietnt world (UCI) The Talmud in Its Iranian Context (UCLA) Cultural Heritage News RICHT News (English) | Persian Back to top Front Page
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