“ali m ansari”

The Islamic Republic of Iran`s ongoing nuclear programme has provoked a major and menacing crisis in its relations with the US and other Western powers. Ali Ansari argues that the crisis is a symptom of broader, long-term fissures in US-Iranian relations... More

An expert on U.S.-Iranian relations explains the past, present, and possible future of the current American standoff with Iran.Iran refuses to relent in developing nuclear technology, despite U.N. sanctions. Rumors persist that Israel is drawing up plans for military strikes. Neither the emboldened ... More

Whether as friend or foe, Iran continues to play a pivotal role in a strategically vital area of the world. Straddled between the world's two major energy basins, the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea, and possessing a rich reservoir of hydrocarbon resources as well as diverse minerals and a large an... More

The election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the summer of 2005 thrust Iran into the international limelight in a way that few would have predicted. Robust, confrontational and given to bombastic rhetoric, Ahmadinejad has drawn condemnation from the West a... More

Modern IranAli Ansari .,."Ansari has written a straightforward, though skilfully analytical, history of Iran..." "Times Literary Supplement" (praise for the first edition) Today's Iran is rarely out of the headlines. Labelled by George W. Bush as a part of his 'axis of evil' and perceived as a real ... More

Revised, updated, and expanded, this new edition details political developments in Iran since the summer of 2000. In expanding on arguments outlined in the first edition, the book looks at the increasing polarity in views and the changing nature of "Reformism" in light of successive setbacks and gro... More

The author's aim is to provide scientific explanation for the poetry of human life.... More