Intellectuals Thinkers

•  Three Part Video: The Failure of Iranian Intellectuals

The iranian Left and Communist organizations 

• The Iranian left and the Tudeh Communist Party

        Dr. Parviz Rajabi’s assertions against Iran’s Persian Legacy and pre-Islamic Persia

• 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

Attempts at Governmental Level to Re-write History of Iran

• The Extreme Religious Right and the Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan al Moslemeen)
• Opportunistic Elements with the Iranian Establishment 
• Rewriting High School History Books in Iran -تحریف تاریخ در کتاب دوم راهنمایی-
• -نامه به وزیر امور خارجه -Complaint letter by Dr. Houshang Tale to Iranian officials regarding distortion of history (October 10, 2011)
• -تاریخ‌نگاری «اسلامی» و شاهان ایران -”Islamic” historiogrpahy and the kings of Iran

             Re-writing History Books in 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-See also Radio farda report.
• Concerns raised with Ministry of Education of Iran and Historiography of Iran

             Religious clerics and Officials attacking History and Culture of Ancient Iran

• The late Ayatollah Motaheri: attacking ancient Iranian culture and calling all who celebrate ancient Iranian culture as “Idiots” .
• Top Iranian leaders demand that statue displays of ancient (Achaemenid) Persia be removed in book and cultural fair 
• -پاسخی مستدل به ادعاهای ناقشنگ شیخ صادق خلخالی -Response to the late Sadegh Khalkhali’s assertions against Cyrus the Great-ادعای واهی لواط کار بودن کوروش کبیر از سوی دشمنان ایران-Attacks against the Legacy of Cyrus the Great (Appeared originally in Hessam’s Blog).
• Protest note by Journalist and Filmaker Sohran Akhavan against revisionism by clerics

             Iranian Officials using pan-Arab terminology against the name of Persian Gulf 

• Iranian Chief of Morality Police using pan-Arabist terminology against the Persian Gulf-جعل نام خلیج فارس توسط رئیس پلیس امنیت اخلاقی ایران-
• Sentiments against Ancient Iran and the Persian Gulf by Government Officials

             Iranian Officials and Ethnic issues

• Are Segments within the IRI encouraging Ethnic Separatism? (Ayaa Bakhshi az Jomhuriyeh Eslaami az Tajziyeh Talabaan Qowmi Poshtibaanaani Mikonand?)
• 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
• وزارت اموزش و پرورش و تغییر تاریخ ایرانیان

Various Iranian Writers of the 1960s-1970s and the Present

• Idealistic Iranian Writers and Academics
• Animosity against Iranian Culture: The Case of Ahmad Shamloo (By Ali Sajjadi in Persian text only; in pdf format).

Iranians of the Diaspora

• Opportunistic Individuals in the Diaspora 

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)
• Eliminate demeaning ethnic jokes –جوک های قومیتی را ممنوع کنیم (Facebook) 

 Racism of  Tehranists, Persian Chauvenists and Aryanists

• Persian Chauvenist’s attacks against Kaveh Farrokh
• Bahram Moshiri: Dangers of Iranian Aryanism

Consult also: Endangered Archaeological Sites