Iranian anti-Iranists and Tehranism
Iranian Writers of the 1960s
- Animosity against Iranian Culture: The Case of Ahmad Shamloo (By Ali Sajjadi in Persian text only; in pdf format).
Attempts at Governmental Level to Re-write History of Iran
- Censorship & Rewriting High School History books (in Persian)-سانسور گسترده ای در کتاب های تاریخی
- BBC Report in Persian: The elimination of the history of pre-Islamic monarchs of Persia in Iran’s history books -حذف پادشاهان از کتب تاریخ مدارس ایران
- Concerns raised with Ministry of Education of Iran and Historiography of Iran
- The late Ayatollah Motaheri: attacking ancient Iranian culture and calling all who celebrate ancient Iranian culture as “Idiots” .
- Iranian Chief of Morality Police using pan-Arabist terminology against the Persian Gulf
- Iranian religious cleric inciting up racial hatred against Iran’s Afghani community – fails to mention that Afghans and Iranians share the same heritage. language, literature and culture
- Top Iranian leaders demand that statue displays of ancient (Achaemenid) Persia be removed in book and cultural fair
- Are Segments within the IRI encouraging Ethnic Separatism? (Ayaa Bakhshi az Jomhuriyeh Eslaami az Tajziyeh Talabaan Qowmi Poshtibaanaani Mikonand?)
- وزارت اموزش و پرورش و تغییر تاریخ ایرانیان
Dr. Parviz Rajabi’s assertions against Iran’s Persian Legacy and pre-Islamic Persia (in Persian)
- When Iranian Professors attack their own History: The case of Dr. Parviz Rajabi. By Kourosh Ahmadi & Shahyar Mahabadi.
- مروري بر سقوط ساسانيان و ورود اسلا - available in pdf - NOTE: In this interview Dr. Rajabi (1) questions the legacy of the Sassanians (2) defends the article of Spiegel Magazine which attacked Cyrus the Great and his legacy of human rights and (3) criticizes Iranians for reacting to the movie 300. For further information regarding Dr. Rajabi’s views, consult Dr. Rajabi’s blog.م
- پاسخی بر سخنان دکتر پرویز رجبی در مصاحبه با روزنامه اعتماد - available in pdf - Dr. Rajabi insults the Zoroastrian community and responses by Ardeshir Khorshidian (available in pdf in Persian).
- واكنش اردشير خورشيديان، فرنشين انجمن موبدان تهران به گفتوگوي اعتماد با پرويز رجبي:
ناراست نشان دادن ايرانباستان، نتايج شومي دارد - پرویز رجبی و سقوط ساسانیان-Shahrbaraz Blog-available in pdf -Dr. Rajabi’s views on the reasons for the fall of the Sassanian empire.
- Dr Dariush Akbarzadeh defends Cyrus the Great against Parviz Rajabi and Historical Revisionists
Nasser Pourpirar
- Nasser Pourpirar (to be posted in 2011).
Tehranism, neglect of Iran’s Diverse regions and anti-Provincial Chauvenism
- Dr. Touraj Atabaki (2005), Ethnic Diversity and Territorial Integrity of Iran: Domestic Harmony and Regional Challenges, Iranian Studies, volume 38, number 1, March 2005, pp.24-44. (pdf)
- Nayareh, Tohidi, (29 June 2006), Iran: Regionalism, Ethnicity and Democracy, Open Democracy: Free Thinking for the World (pdf)
Consult also: Endangered Archaeological Sites